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 212 DONNYBROOK DOO Robert Drury to Paris, and returning to Eng- land was presented to James I., by whose command he wrote the "Pseudo-Martyr" to prove that Roman Catholics might conscien- tiously take the oath of allegiance. At the age of about 41 he entered into orders, and having distinguished himself as apreacher he was made by the king his chaplain in ordinary and dean of St. Paul's, and received from the university of Cambridge the degree of doctor of divinity. His failing health obliged him to desist from preaching, but a calumnious whisper having reached him that his sickness was feigned be- cause he chose to be idle, he ascended the pulpit and preached what his biographer has called his own funeral sermon, which was after- ward printed with the title of " Death's Duel." He died soon after. He left sermons and devo- tional and controversial works, but is best known as a poet. His poems consist of satires, elegies, epigrams, and religious and complimentary verses. His subtle and vivid imagination, and his great simplicity and tenderness, are mani- fest amid his vast learning and the abounding vicious conceits of his style. He was the first of the series of English poets characterized by Dr. Johnson as metaphysical. His rugged numbers made him little esteemed during the last century, but the scattered gems of poetry and melody in his books have recalled some- thing of his first reputation, and his works have been republished under the editorial care of Dean Alford (6 vols. 8vo, London, 1839). His life was written by Izaak Walton. DOMYBROOK, or St. Mary's of Donnybrook, a parish and village of Ireland, county Dublin. The parish contains the villages of Irishtown, Donnybrook, Merrion, Ringsend, and Sandy- mount. The village (pop. about 2,000), two miles S. E. of Dublin, of which it is a suburb, is situated on the Dodder, here crossed by a handsome bridge, and contains a fine church, a spacious Roman Catholic chapel, a Magdalen asylum, a dispensary, a lunatic asylum, classi- cal and other schools, a hat manufactory, and a number of mills. It is celebrated for its fair, granted by King John, and formerly held du- ring 15 days from Aug. 26, afterward lasting only a week, being merely a pleasure fair. It was originally for the sale of horses and cattle, but became notorious for riot, bloodshed, and debauchery. It was abolished in 1855. DONOSO CORTES, Juan Francisco Maria de la Stlnd, marquis de Valdegamas, a Spanish states- man and author, born at Valle de la Sarena, in Estremadura, May 6, 1809, died in Paris, May 3, 1853. At the age of 12 lie entered upon a course of law at the university of Sala- manca. He was prepared to receive his de- gree at the age of 16, but the rules not permit- ting it until the age of 25, he went to Seville, and employed the intervening years in the study of philosophy, history, and literature. During the divisions which took place in Spain in 1832, with regard to the right of succession to the throne, Donoso presented a memoir to Ferdinand VII., in which he pleaded the lib- eral cause. The king rewarded him with a place in the ministry of justice. After the death of Ferdinand he defended the cause of Queen Isabella and her mother. He was elected to the cortes, and afterward appointed secretary to the ministerial council. Differing from Mendizabal, who was at its head, he re- signed his post, and devoted himself to the tribune and the press. He was for some time the editor of the Remsta, and a leading con- tributor ioiliQ Piloto, a newspaper founded by himself. During the dictatorship of Espartero he defended the interests of Maria Christina. In this contest he was vanquished, and shared the exile of the queen mother to France as her private secretary, and also accompanied her on her return to Spain in 1843. He was after- ward appointed secretary to Queen Isabella, and minister plenipotentiary to the court of Berlin. In his speech in the cortes, Jan. 4, 1849, he re- nounced so-called, liberal ideas, which he des- ignated as sterile and disastrous to human so- ciety, whose peace had been disturbed by them for three centuries. At the time of his death he was minister at Paris. A work of his in French, entitled Essai sur le Catholicisme, le liberalisme et le socialisme (Paris, 1851), main- tains that theology is the proper basis of poli- tics. Among his writings are : Considerations sobre la diplomacies, y su influencia en el es- tado politico y social de Europa (Madrid, 1834) ; La ley electoral, considerada en su lose y en su relation con el esp'iritu de nuestras in- stituciones (1835) ; and a collection of his speeches and early writings (1849-'50). A complete French edition of his works appeared in Paris in 1859. DONOVAN, Edward, an English naturalist, died Feb. 1, 1837. His first publication was a " Natural History of British Insects " (16 vols. royal 8vo, London, 1792-1816); of a similar character to which were his "Natural His- tory of British Birds" (10 vols., 1794-1818), "Fishes" (5 vols., 1802-'8), "Shells" (5 vols., 1803-'4), and "Quadrupeds" (3 vols., 1820). In 1798 he published an "Epitome of the Nat- ural History of the Insects of China," which was followed by works on the insects of India (1800), and of islands in the Indian and South Pacific oceans (1805). He also wrote a little book of instructions concerning the collection and preservation of subjects of natural his- tory. His later works were a narrative of " Excursions through South Wales and Mon- mouthshire" (2 vols., 1805), a periodical en- titled " The Naturalist's Repository," and an "Essay on the Minute Parts of Plants." DOO, George Thomas, an English engraver and painter, born in the parish of Christchurch, Surrey, Jan. 6, 1800. He produced his first published engraving, "The Duke of York," after a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, in 1824. In 1825 he went to Paris and worked in the studio of Suisse, and studied the man- ner of Gros. He lectured on engraving at