eminence, iii. 269; reasons for his delay in naming a
successor, 328, 329.

CRUIKSHANK, George, curious error concerning, i. 321, note.

CYRE, the Abbe, an envoy of the Emperor's in Poland, iii. 350;
seized and imprisoned, 360.

D'AGUESSEAU, the Chancellor, his advice to his son on the study of
history, iii. 179.

DANCE of Death, iii. 211-215.

DANTE, origin of his Inferno, disputes on, ii. 421; the entire work
Gothic, ib.; Vision of Alberico supposed to be borrowed, 422; and
probably read by Dante, ib.; his originality vindicated, 423; the
true origin of the Inferno, 427, and note.

DAY-FATALITY, i. 279; lucky and unlucky days, ib., note.

DEATH, anecdotes relating to the death of many distinguished
persons, i. 417-421; book containing the accounts of the deaths of
remarkable persons, compiled by Montaigne, iii. 200; reflections on
death, ib.; anecdotes of the death of some celebrated persons, 201,
202; effect of the continual consideration of, 203; Lady Gethin's
ideas on, 204; conversations of Johnson and Boswell on, ib.;
singular preparations for, by Moncriff, 205; opinions of the
ancients on, 207; personifications of, among the ancients, 208, and
note; Gothic representations of, 209.

DEDICATIONS, curious anecdotes concerning, i. 337-341; price for the
dedication of a play, 338; one to himself, composed by a patron,
ib.; practice of Elkanah Settle with regard to, 339; of the Polyglot
Bible to Cromwell, ib.; altered at the Restoration, ib.; to Cardinal
Richelieu, 340; Dryden's, ib.; ingenious one by Sir Simon Degge,
341.

DE FOE, his honour questioned as to the publication of Robinson
Crusoe, ii. 274; probably struck by Steele's observations on
Selkirk's narration, 276; wrote Robinson Crusoe in comparative
solitude, ib.; vindication of his character, ib.

DE LA CHAMBRE, secret correspondence of, with Louis XIV. on
physiognomy, i. 148.

DELIQUENTS, a convenient revolutionary phrase, iii. 86.

DESCARES, persecuted for his opinions, i. 29; silent in mixed
company, 104; his description of his life in Amsterdam, 113.

DESCRIPTIONS, local, when prolonged tedious, iii. 1; Boileau's
criticisms on, 1, 2; inefficiency of, instanced by a passage from
Pliny, 2; example of elegant, in a sonnet by Francesca de Castello,
3.

DESCRIPTIVE Poems, general remarks on, i. 341; race