Despair, considerations proposed for
preventing it, ii. 40.

Dicaculus, his affectation of the character
of a wit, ii. 240.

Diction, the attractive power of its
charms in the conveyance of truth to the
mind, ii. 214. See Language.

Dictionaries, writers of, characterized, v.

24.

Dictionary, English. See English Dic-
tionary.

Diffidence, the advantageous influence
of this quality in managing a debate, ii.

177.

Discontent, attendant on every state of
life, i. 274. ii. 49.

Dispute and controversy, the fatal effects
of, when ill conducted, i. 443. Frequently
influenced by the dispositions of pride and
vanity, 444.

Distinction, the folly of attaining it by
ridicule or censure, ii. 437.
Divorce. See Marriage.

Dobson, Mr. attempts to translate Pope's
Essay on Man into Latin verse, iv. 219.

Dodsley, Mr. summoned, before the
Lords for publishing Whitehead's poem
called Manners, iv. 225.

Domestic conduct, the importance of re.
gulating it by the dictates of wisdom and
goodness, i. 319. The danger of betraying
our weakness to our servants, one motive
to a regular life, 320. See Servants.

Domestic discord inquired into, vi. 217.
Donne, Dr. specimens of his metaphysi-
cal poetry, iii. 164. Some of his Satires
published by Pope, iv. 223.

Dorset, Charles Sackville Earl of, life,
iii. 358. Born January 24, 1637, ib.
Educated under a private tutor, and tra-
velled through Italy, ib. Member for East
Grinstead in the first parliament after the
Restoration, ib. One of his frolicks, ib.
A volunteer in the fleet under the Duke of
York, 359. Receives favourable notice
from King James, 360. Concurs to the
Revolution, ib. A favourite of King Wil-
liam, Chamberlain of the Household, and
Knight of the Garter, ib. Died at Bath,
Jan. 19, 1705-6, ib. His character, ib.
Applauded as good-natured, though angry,
i. 52.

Dorset, Charles Earl of, Pope's Epitaph
on him, with criticisms on it, iv. 274.
Double, Tom, his story, ii. 651.
Douglas, Rev. Mr. (Bishop of Carlisle),
letter to, written for William Lauder, v.

249.

Dragon, story of the Isle of Rhodes
being ravaged by one, ii. 411. The story
applied, ib.

Drake, Sir Francis, his life, iv. 455. Son
of a clergyman in Devonshire, ib. Ap-
prenticed to the master of a small vessel
trading to France and the Netherlands,
456. His master dying, leaves him his
little vessel, ib. Sells his vessel and enters
into the West India trade, ib. Loses his
all in Captain Hawkins's expedition, 457.
Account of his expedition against the Spa-
niards in America, 1572, 458. Enters into
treaty with the Symeronsorfugitive negroes,
466. Returns to Plymouth August 9, 1573,
483. Sails with five ships to the South Seas,
1577, 484. A design formed at Port Julian
to murder him, 496. Arrives at Plymouth
September 26, 1580, 518. Receives a visit
from Queen Elizabeth on board his ship at
Deptford, when he is knighted, ib. Com-
mands a fleet of twenty-five ships against
the Spaniards, 1585, ib. His success against
the Spaniards, 519. In conjunction with
Sir John Hawkins sent with a fleet to the
East Indies 1595, 520. Died 1597, and
buried in the sea, ib.

Drama. See Stage.

Drowsy, Tom, his history, iii. 48.
Drugget, Ned, his history, ii. 432. His
false conceptions of pleasure such as pur-
sued by mankind in general, 438.

Dryden, John, his life, iii. 378. Born
at Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, August
9, 1631, ib. Said to have inherited an
estate of 2001. a year, and to have been
bred an Anabaptist, ib. Educated at
Westminster-school under Dr. Busby, 379.
Admitted Bachelor at Cambridge, 1655,
ib. His first poem on the death of Lord
Hastings, ib. Wrote a Stanza on the death
of Cromwell, and on the Restoration
Astrea Redux, ib. Commenced a writer for
the stage about 1663, 381. His first play
the Wild Gallant, ib. Published the Rival
Ladies 1664, ib. Joins Sir Robert Howard,
in writing the Indian Queen, ib. The In-
dian Emperor published 1667, 382. Pub-
lished his Annus Mirabilis 1667, ib. Has a
controversy with Sir Robert Howard on
dramatick rhyme, ib. Succeeds Sir W.
Davenant as Poet Laureat, 383. Publishes
his Essay on Dramatick Poetry, 384.
Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen, ib. Sir
Martin Mar-all, ib. In conjunction with
Davenant, alters Shakspeare's Tempest, ib.
His quiet disturbed by Settle's Empress of
Morocco, 385. His character of Settle, with
remarks on the Empress of Morocco, ib. His
Mock Astrologer, dedicated to the Duke

Dyer, John, his life, iv. 325. Born in English Dictionary, plan of that work,

1700, at Aberglasney, in Caermarthen-
shire, ib. Educated at Westminster, and
designed for the law, ib. Becomes itine-
rant painter, 326. Travels to Italy, and
on his return publishes the Ruins of Rome,
ib. Enters into the Church, ib. His pre-
ferments, ib. Publishes The Fleece, 1757, ib.
Died 1758, ib. His works characterized, 327.
Akenside's opinion of The Fleece, ib.

EARBURY, Mr. account of him, and his
pretending to prophecy, ix. 210. His dis.
putes with Mr. Cheynel, 211.

Earse Language, used in a kirk at Inver-
ness, vi. 24. Account of, 111. Many
dialects of, 113.

Earth, advantages from the position of
it, ii. 511.

Editors, the impropriety of their altering
works of authours left to their care, iv. 294.
The duty of, v. 128.

Education, the difficulty attending it, iv.
521. Those who make the avenues to it
easier are the friends of mankind, 522. The
method used by Barretier for instructing
his son in the languages, 525. The im-
portance of conducting it aright, i. 388.
Errours in the conduct thereof censured,
396. 512. ii. 50. 310. The pernicious
effects of wrong management in this affair,
i. 520. The folly of employing girls on
useless needle-work, and neglecting every
other part of their education, ii. 426. The
importance of, v. 211. Want of variety
and novelty in books designed for, 212.
Considerations on the education of the chil-
dren of the poor, 652.

Egmont Port. See Falkland Islands.
Elgin, account of, vi. 19.
Eloquence, that false sort which only
confuses the reader, ridiculed, ii. 492.

Elphinstone, James, Letter to, on the
death of his mother, vi. 463.

Elwood the Quaker, some account of,
iii. 229.

Eminent Men, least eminent at home,
ii. 533.

Embalming, on the practice of, vi. 268.
Emigration, state of, from the Hebrides,
considered, vi. 91.

Eminence, a proof of it in having many
enemies as well as friends, i. 43.

Employment, the necessity of, ii. 596.
Enemies, the duty and charity of reliev-
ing them, v. 365.

England, supposed by Milton to be too
cold a climate for flights of imagination,

iii. 243.

English, remarkably barren of historical
genius, ii. 8. The little proficiency made
by them in civil wisdom. v. 369. On the
bravery of their common soldiers, 366.
Arises very much from the dissolution of
dependance which obliges every man to
regard his own character, 368.

addressed to the Earl of Chesterfield, v. 3.
Difficulties in fixing the plan, 5. Preface
to the English Dictionary, 24. Writer of
Dictionaries characterized, ib. Advertise-
ment to the Fourth Edition, 52. Preface
to the Octavo Edition, 53.

English Language, the progress of, ii.
570. Richer than commonly supposed.
648. Contains sufficient information in
every branch of science, ib.

Ennius, his epitaph written by himself,
v. 242.

Envy, its malignant influence described,
ii. 280. Will often sacrifice truth and
friendship to weak temptations, ib.

Epaminondas, his death a proper subject
for a picture, ii. 518.

Epick Poetry, what it is, iii. 265. Re-
quisites in a writer of, 266. Boileau's opi-
nion of, 416.

Epictetus, his salutary instructions for
preserving the mind from the elevation of
vanity, and the dejection of grief, i. 9. His
excellent sentiments on the advantage of
being influenced by the fears of poverty
and death, 81. His epitaph, v. 243. Epi-
gramma, vi. 457.

Epigram-de Sacerdote furem consolante
epigramma, vi. 623.

Episcopacy, Mr. Waller's speech against
it, iii. 321.

Epistolary Writing, its difficulty and ex-
cellence, ii. 143. It ought to bear a strict
conformity to nature, and the various pur-
poses designed by it, 145, 146.

Epitaphs, vi. 423. Essay on, v. 287.
Enquiry into what the perfection of con-
sists, 238. Intended to perpetuate exam-
ples of virtue, ib. The name alone suffi-
cient for eminent men, ib. All allusions
to Heathen mythology absurd, 240. Im-
propriety of addressing the passenger in,
241. First rule in writing, not to omit the
name, 242. Regard for truth to be ob-
served, ib. Private virtue the best subject
for, 243.

Erasmus, his diligent and unwearied im-
provement of time applauded, i. 507.
Eriphile, her excessive peevishness cen-
sured, i, 526.

Errol, Earl of, invites Dr. Johnson to his
seat at Slanes Castle, vi. 15.

Errour, the aversion of most persons to
be convinced of it, i. 148. 150. Their at
tempts to justify it generally the effect of
obstinacy or pride, ib.

Etymology, difficulties in settling it, v. 11.
Essays, the extensiveness and variety of
this kind of writing, ii. 281. The advan-
tages and inconveniences of it, ib.

Essence of Things, less regarded than
their external and accidental appendages,
ii. 188.

Eubulus, his character, i. 124. 132.
Evening, an Ode to Stella, vi. 400.

۲

Events, some of the most considerable of it considered, ii. 29. That of authours

often produced by casual and slender
causes, ii. 92.

Evil, thoughts on the origin of, ii. 642.
The cause of all good, 643. Review of a
Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of,
▼.670. The folly of lamenting evils which
may never happen, vi. 221.

Eumathes, his free censure of the errours
of modern education, ii. 50. 54. His judi-
cious conduct in the tuition of a young
nobleman, 322. His narrative of the low
insidious arts by which his good designs
were obstructed and defeated, 325. The
mean adventures of his pupil related, 327.
Eumenes, his character, i. 300.

casual, precarious, and short-lived, 119,
120. Of a short duration when it is not
properly founded, 157. The ascent to it
obstructed by envy and competition, 203.
That of authours very precarious, 557.

Famine, how different countries are af-
fected by it, vi. 134.

Farmer, English, the honour due to, v.
290.

Fate, the practice of seeking it in books,

iii. 152.

Fear, the distresses of it obviated and
alleviated by the contemplation of death,
i. 83. Superstitious, censured and exploded,
278. In what cases it characterizes a cow-
ard, ii. 25. Not intended to overbear reason,
but to assist it, ib. The pernicious effects
of an irrational indulgence of it, 61.

Flying Fish, account of, iv. 488.

Frugality, the excellence of it, i. 269.
Cautions and rules for directing the practice
of it, 271.

Fruition, the limits of it fixed by immov-
able boundaries, ii. 256.

Fugitive Pieces, their origin and im-
portance, v. 177.

Fungoso, his addresses to Tranquilla de-

described, i. 561.

Follies, fashionable, particularly
scribed, i. 467. The modern round of fa-
vourite weekly diversions regarded as the
most important end of human life, 468.

Fontenelle, his Dialogues of the Dead,
translated by Mr. Hughes, iii. 595.

Fores (the town to which Macbeth was
travelling), account of, vi. 21.

Forgetfulness, the necessity of, ii. 595.
Fortitude of women described, vi. 357.
Foster, Mrs. Elizabeth, grand-daughter
of Milton, subscriptions solicited for, v. 247.
Fosterage, account of the custom of, in
the isle of Col, vi. 130.

Foundling-Hospital, care of the morals
and religion of the children there, recom-
mended, v. 653.

Fountains, a fairy tale, vi. 286.

Fox, Mr., lampooned by Pope in his
Satires, iv. 225

France, the power of in America, 1756, v.
338. Sends a colony to Canada, 339.

Fraud, those persons who are most ad-
dicted to it, generally the most suspicious,

i. 302.

Freeholder, account of that periodical
publication, iii. 561.

Free Masonry allowed in Prussia, iv. 587.
French, just to the memory of learned
men by writing their lives, iii. 369.

French Prisoners of War. Introduction
to the Proceedings of the Committee ap-
pointed to manage the Contributions begun
at London, Dec. 18, 1758, for clothing
them, v. 364.

Friend, the difficulty of finding a faith-
ful and able one, i. 156. The essential in-
gredients of that amiable character, 300.
Thoughts on the loss of a, ii. 506. Poem to
a, vi. 401.

Friendship, the progress of the abate-
ment of, iv. 194. The firmest too often
dissolved by openness and sincerity, i. 193.
The qualities requisite to form and esta-
blish it, 300. ii. 181. Envy and flattery
most injurious to its interests, i. 301. Es-
teem and love essential to its composition,
302. Virtue its most lasting support, ib.
The most common obstructions to it, 303,
304. The measures necessary to maintain
and continue it, 464. The partialities with
which it is often attended, 465. Charac-
terized, ii. 452. Accidents to which it is
liable, ib. Absence, interest, ambition,
disputes begun in jest, &c. 453. An Ode,

vi. 420.

Frolick, Mr. his character, as exhibiting
a striking specimen of vanity, i. 288.

Furia, her character, i. 88.
Future State, Sir T. Browne's account of
the belief of the ancients. iv. 629.

Futurity, the prospects of it fitted to influ-
ence and regulate our present conduct, i.7.
Anxiety about it censured, 140. 278. 281.
The folly of building our hopes upon it,
ii. 364.

GABRIEL, his dress described, iii. 188.
Gaming, Cleora's letter concerning it, i.
71.74. Its pernicious effects, 74. De-
structive of the peace, harmony, and plea-
sures of domestick life, 75.

Garret the advantages of it for contem-
plation and improvement, i. 549. Subser-
vient to gaiety and sprightliness, 552. The
history and antiquities of several inhabi-
tants of a, ii. 184, 185.

Garrick, David, characterized under the
name of Prospero, ii. 350.

Garth, Sir Samuel, his life, iii. 525. De-
scended from a family in Yorkshire, ib.
Student at Cambridge, ib. Admitted Fel-
low of the College of Physicians, London,
June 26, 1693, ib. Writes the Dispensary,
a Poem, 527. Spoke the Harveian Oration
1697, 528. Censor of the College, ib.
Member of the Kit Kat Club, ib. Knighted,
and made Physician in Ordinary to the
King, and Physician General to the Army,
ib. Died Jan. 18, 1717-18, and buried at
Harrow on the Hill, ib. His character, and
that of his works, ib. 529.

Gay, John, his life, iv. 1. Born in Devon-
shire in 1688, ib. Educated under Mr.
Luck, ib. Apprentice to a Silk Mercer in
London, ib. Secretary to the Duchess of
Monmouth, ib. Inscribes his first publica-
tion to Pope, ib. Secretary to the Earl of
Clarendon, 3. Dedicates his Shepherd's
Week to Bolingbroke, ib. Pope and Ar-
buthnot supposed to have assisted him in
writing Three Hours after Marriage, ib.
Gained 1000l. by publishing his Poems, 4.
Became possessed of the value of 20,000l.
in South Sea Stock, which he lost, ib. Ap-
pointed Gentleman Usher to the Princess
Louisa, which he refuses, and is afterwards
neglected by the Court, 5. Pope's account
of the origin and success of the Beggar's
Opera, 6. His Polly prohibited by the
Lord Chamberlain, 7. Patronized by the
Duke and Duchess of Queensberry, 8.
Died Dec. 4, 1732, and buried in West-
minster-abbey, ib. His character, ib. Ac-
count of his Works, 9.