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{{rh||WORKS OF DR. JOHNSON.|xvii)) to him, ibid. in 1690, writes Don Sebastian, and in 1691 four other dramas, 284. in 1693, publishes his translation of Juvenal and Persius, ibid. purposes writing an epick poem either on Arthur or the Black Prince, ibid. he charged Blackmore with stealing his plan, 285. in 1694, begins his translation of Virgil, which he publishes in 1697, ibid. translates Fresnoy's Art of Painting into English prose, ibid. Fables, his last work, published 1699, ibid. died in Gerard-street, May 1, 1701, 286. a wild story respecting his funeral, ibid. buried amongst the poets in Westminster abbey, 289. a monument erected to his memory by the duke of Buckinghamshire, ibid. account of his descendants, 290. his character as described by Congreve, ibid. differently described by Dr. Johnson, 291. copy of the agreement with Jacob Tonson, to pay him two hundred and fifty guineas for ten thousand verses, 298. said to have received five hundred pounds from the dutchess of Ormond, as a compliment for his fables, 299. said to have received forty pounds from a musical society for the use of Alexander's Feast, 300. in his younger years put confidence in judicial astrology, ibid. his character as a poet and critick, 301. the father of English criticism, 301. criticisms on various passages of his poems, 312. specimen of Milbourne's criticism on Dryden's Translation of Virgil, 333. his observations on Rymer's remarks on the tragedies of the last age, 350. copy of a letter to his sons in Italy, 359. his opinion of lord Roscommon's Essay on translated Verse, 169. Milton thought him a good rhymist, but no poet, 114. declares that Swift will never be a poet, viii. 196. compared with Pope, 322. wrote merely for the people, 323. his prose works characterized, 324. composed without consideration, and published without correction, ibid. his inattention and inaccuracy remarked, ii. 152. his character of Shakespeare, v. 153. translation of his epigrams on Milton, i. 193.

Dryden, John, jun. writer of the Husband his own Cuckold, vii. 290.

Du Halde's History of China, letter on, vi. 1.

Duke, Richard, his life, vii. 382. bred at Westminster, and took his master's degree at Cambridge, 1682, ibid. prebendary at Gloucester, and chaplain to queen Anne, 383. died February 10, 1710-11, ibid.

Dumb and Deaf, account of Braidwood's academy at Edinburgh for, ix. 159.

Dun or Borough, in the isle of Sky, described, ix. 67.

Dun Buy, account of, ix. 15.

Dunciad, the part Savage was supposed to have in publishing it, viii. 127.

Dutch war of 1652, account of the engagement at sea between the Dutch admirals and admiral Blake, vi. 297.

Dutch, their revolt against the power of Spain, vi. 124. raised to power by their plan of commerce, 125. their increasing power, 128.

Dyer, John, his life, viii. 405. born in 1700, at Aberglasney, in Caermarthenshire, ibid. educated at Westminster, and designed for the law, ibid. becomes an itinerant painter, ibid. travels to Italy, and on his return publishes the Ruins of Rome, ibid. enters into the church, ibid. his preferments, 406. publishes the Fleece, 1757, ibid. died 1758, ibid. his works characterized, ibid. Akenside's opinion of the Fleece, 407.

Earbury, Mr. account of him, and his pretending to prophecy, vi. 420. his disputes with Mr. Cheynel, 421.

Earse language, used in a kirk at Inverness, ix. 24. account of, 112. many dialects of, 114.

Earth, advantages from the position of it, iv. 276.

Editors, the impropriety of their altering works of authors left to their care, viii. 371. the duty of, v. 136.

Education, the difficulty attending it, vi. 376. those who make the avenues to it easier are the friends of mankind, ibid. the method used by Barretier for instructing his son in the languages, 377. the importance of conducting it aright, ii. 393, 401. errours in the conduct thereof censured, iii. 18, 125, 388. the pernicious effects of wrong management in this affair, 27. the folly of employing girls on useless needlework, and neglecting every other part of their education, iv. 188. the importance of, v. 231. want of variety