239; converted to Roman Catholicism, iv. 44; dedications, studied conclusions to his, v. 239; 'delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning,' ii. 241, n. l; Life of, Derrick's 'materials'; SEE DERRICK; dignity of his character, known to himself, i. 264, n. 1; Essay of Dramatick Poesie, i. 197, n. 2; ii. 86, n. 1; 'Fate after him,' &c., iv. 25, n. 3; 'familiar day,' his, iv. 91, n. 1; foreign words, on, i. 218, n. 1; genius, his conscious, iii. 405, n. 3; Hailes, Lord, anecdotes of him by, iii. 397, n. 3; Hind and Panther, quoted, iv. 44; Indian Emperour, quoted, iii. 346, n. 3; Johnson gathered materials for his Life, i. 456; iii. 71; iv. 44; v. 240; writes it, iv. 44-6; Johnson, resemblance in his character to, iv. 45; judgment of the public, on the, i. 200, n. 2; Juvenal, dedication to his, iv. 38; Latin line wrongly attributed to him, iii. 304, n. 3; Life not written by contemporaries, v. 415, n. 2; lines on life: SEE just above, Aurengzebe; love, fine lines on, ii. 85; Malone, Life by, iii. 397, n. 3; 'mechanical defects,' on, iv. 247; Metaphysical Poets, mentions the, iv. 38; Milton, lines on, ii. 336; v. 86; Johnson's translation, ib., n. 1; Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, iii. 38; paid about sixpence a verse for 10,000 verses, i. 193, n. 1; pleasing a man against his will, on, iii. 69, n. 4; poets and monarchs, lines on, ii. 223; Pope, distinguished from, ii. 5, 85; predestination, puzzled about, iii. 347; prefaces, his, ii. 444, n. 1; iv. 114, n. 1; Prologue to the Tempest, quoted, i. 361; prologues, his, ii. 325; rhyming tragedies, iv. 42, n. 7; Rival Ladies, quoted, iii. 296, n. 1; Royal Society, lines on the, ii. 241; Settle, Elkanah, rivalry with, iii. 76; Shakespeare, admiration of, ii. 86, n. 1; She Stoops to Conquer, its title taken from him, ii. 205. n. 4; 'shorn of his beams,' iii. 363, n. 1; style, distinguished by his, iii. 280; traded in corruption, i. 189, n. 1; Virgil, translation of, iii. 193; Will's Coffee-house, at, iii. 71; Zimri, character of, ii. 85. Du Bos, ii. 90. DUCK, epitaph on a, i. 40. DUCKET, George, i. 294, n. 9. DUCKING-STOOL, iii. 287. DUDLEY, Lord, v. 457. DUDLEY, Sir Henry, (alias Rev. Henry Bate), iv. 296, n. 3. DUEL, trial by, v. 24. DUELLING, defended by Johnson and Oglethorpe, ii. 179; by Johnson as being as lawful as war, ii. 226; as self-defence, iv. 211; his serious opinion not given, ib., n. 4; could not explain its rationality, v. 230; Thomas, Colonel, killed in one, iv. 211, n. 4; Tom Jones, the lieutenant in, ii. 180. DUFFERIN, fifth Earl of, i. 358, n. 2. DUGDALE, William, Sunday work in harvest, iii. 313, n. 3. DU HALDE, Description of China, i. 136, 157; ii. 55; iv. 30. DUKE, Richard, iv. 36, n. 4. DUKE, an English one nothing, i. 409; weighed against a genius, i. 442. DULL, fellow, a, ii. 126; magistrate, iv. 312. Dum vivimus, vivamus, v. 271. DUN, Rev. Mr., v. 381. DUNBAR, Dr., Johnson introduces him to Boswell, iii. 436; described by Mackintosh and Colman, ib., n. 1; v. 92. DUNCAN, Dr., ii. 354, n. 2. DUNCES, ii. 84. DUNCOMBE, William, iii. 314. DUNDAS, Lord President, ii. 50, n. 4, 302, n. 2; iii. 213. DUNDAS, Henry (Viscount Melville), account of him, ii. 160, n. 1; Boswell's malice against him, iii. 213, n. 1; George III, and a baronetcy for an apothecary, ii. 354, n. 2; government of India bill, iv. 213, n. 1; Knight, the negro, case of, iii. 213; Literary Property Case, i. 266; Palmer and Muir's case, iv. 125, n. 2; Robertson, a jaunt with, iii. 335, n. 1; Scotch accent, his, ii. 160; iii. 213; serfdom in Scotland, on, iii. 202, n. 1; mentioned, ii. 191, n. 2. DUNDEE, John, Viscount of, v. 58, n. 1. 'DUNGEON OF WIT,' v. 342. DUNKIRK, iii. 326. DUNMORE, fourth Earl of, v. 142, n. 2. DUNNING, John (first Lord Ashburton), business, his way of getting through, iii. 128, n. 5; Devonshire accent, ii. 159; 'great lawyer, the,' iii. 128; influence of the Crown, motion on the, iv. 220, n. 5; Johnson, willing to listen to, iii. 240; Letter to Mr. Dunning on the English Particle, iii. 254; Literary Club, member of the, i. 479; elected, iii. 128; Loughborough, Lord, afraid of him, iii. 240, n. 3; Reynolds's dinner parties, describes, iii. 375, n. 2; Somerset's case, in, iii. 87, n. 3; mentioned, i. 437, n. 2. DUNSINNAN, Lord. See NAIRNE, William. DUNSTABLE, v. 428. Dunton's Life and Errors, iv. 200. Dupin's History of the Church, iv. 311. DUPPA, Bishop, Holy Rules, iv. 402, n. 2. DUPPA, R., edits Johnson's Journey into North Wales, ii. 285, n. 2; v. 427, n. 1. Durandi Rationale Officiorum Divinorum, ii. 397, n. 2; v. 459. Durandi Sanctuarium, ii. 397. Durham on the Galatians. v. 383. DURHAM (City), iii. 297, n. 2, 457; v. 56, n. 2. DURHAM (County), Militia Bill of 1756, i. 307, n. 4. DURY, Lieutenant-Colonel, i. 338, n. 2. DURY, Major-General, i. 338, n. 2. DUTCH. See HOLLAND. DYER, Sir James, i.

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