ANUS.
DETTINGEN, Battle of, iv. 12.
DEVAYNES, Mr., iv. 273.
_De veritate Religionis_, i. 68, n. 3.
DEVILS do not lie to each other, iii. 293;
their influence upon our minds, iv. 290.
DEVONPORT, i. 379, n. 1.
DEVONSHIRE, Johnson's trip to, i. 37l, n. 3, 377; iii. 457;
militia, its, i. 36, n. 4, 307, n. 4.
DEVONSHIRE, third Duke of,
faithful to his word, iii. 186;
dogged veracity, iii. 378.
DEVONSHIRE, fourth Duke of, ii. 78, n. 1.
DEVONSHIRE, fifth Duke and Duchess of,
hospitality to Johnson, iv. 357, 367;
mentioned, iv. 126.
DEVONSHIRE, seventh Duke of,
'public dinners at Chatsworth,' iv. 367, n. 3.
DEVONSHIRE, Georgiana, Duchess of,
Genius made feminine to compliment her, iii. 374;
Johnson, eager to hear, iii. 425, n. 4;
painted in the same picture with him, iv. 224, n. 1.
DEVONSHIRE FAMILY, ii. 474.
DEVOTION, abstracted, ii. 10;
particular places for, iv. 226.
_Devotional Exercises_. See PRAYERS.
DEVOTIONAL POETRY. See POETRY.
DE WITT, i. 32.
DEXTERITY, deserves applause, iii. 231.
_Diabolus Regis_, iii. 78.
DIAL, i. 205.
_Dialogues of the Dead_, ii. 447.
DIAMOND, ----, an apothecary, i. 242; iii. 454.
_Diary, The_, iv. 381, n. 1.
_Diary of a Visit to England in 1775_, ii. 338, n. 2.
DIBDEN, Charles, ii. 110.
DICEY, Professor,
_Law of the Constitution_, iii. 46, n. 5; iv. 317, n. 1.
DICK, Sir Alexander, gold medal for rhubarb, iv. 263, n. 1;
hospitality, his, iv. 204;
Johnson consults him about his health, iv. 261-3;
letter to, iii. 102, 128;
meets, v. 48, 394, 401.
DICK, ----, a messenger, v. 201.
'DICK WORMWOOD,' ii. 407, n. 5.
DICKENS, Charles, iv. 202, n. 1.
DICTIONARY,
might be compiled from Bacon, iii. 194;
from Elizabethan authors, iii. 194, n. 2;
'perfection' of one, i. 292, n. 2;
pronunciation, of, ii. 161;
Scotland, of words peculiar to, ii. 91;
watches, like, i. 293, n. 3.
_Dictionary, Johnson's_,
account of it, i. 182-9, 256-266, 291-301;
_Abridgement_, i. 264, n. 4, 300, n. 1, 303, n. 1. 305;
in Lord Scarsdale's dressing-room, iii. 161;
accents of words, ii. 161;
authors quoted, i. 189; iv. 4, 416, n. 2;
Bacon often quoted, iii. 194;
Birch, Dr., on it, i. 285;
bound and lettered, i. 283;
commencement, date of its, i. 182, n. 3;
composition, its, i. 186-9;
deficiency of previous, i. 187, n. 1;
definitions, erroneous, i. 293;
definitions, Johnson's genius shown in them, i. 293;
instances of er