Part 52

David, M., editor of Barère's Mémoires, iii. 487.

Davila, one of Hampden's favorite authors, ii. 22.

De Augmentis Scientiarum, Bacon's, ii. 402, 443.

Declaration of Right, ii. 341.

Defensio Populi, i. 85.

Delhi, splendor of, ii. 679.

Democracy, the ideal government, i. 62. Requires an educated constituency, 63. Reaction induced by the violence of its advocates, ii. 72.

Democritus, reputed inventor of the arch, ii. 365. Bacon's estimate of, 448.

Demosthenes, transcribes Thucydides six times, i. 47. Falsely described by Mitford, 73.

Denham, Sir John, satire on Hampden, ii. 58.

Despotism, Mill's condemnation of, i. 388. The Westminster Reviewer's defence of Mill's position on, 426.

Devonshire, Duke of, forms an administration after the resignation of Newcastle, ii. 268. Lord Chamberlain under Bute, iii. 623. Opposes the treaty with France, 630.

Dionysius, his critical ability, i. 41. Confines himself strictly to things Grecian, 267.

Diplomacy, requirements of, in the Italian service, i. 169.

Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli's, i. 176.

Dissenters, exclusion of, from civil offices, ii. 624.

Divine Comedy, Dante's, its reality, i. 12. Translations of, 21, 22. Literalness of the descriptions, 99. Comparable to Gulliver's Travels, 101. Character of the spirits in, 105.

Division of labor, necessity of, ii. 606.

Donne, John, his wit compared with Horace Walpole's, ii. 204.

Dorset, Lord, his poetical ability, i. 212.

Double Dealer, Congreve's, iii. 82.

Dover, Lord, review of his edition of Horace Walpole's Letters to Sir Horace Mann, ii. 181-231.

Drama, real object of, i. 163. Delightful character of the old English, 207. Unnaturalness of the French, 207. Affected by the closing of the theatres, 209. Rhyme introduced into, 212. Folly of the preservation of the unities, 583. Immorality of the English, at the Restoration, iii. 48.

"Drunken Administration, The," ii. 225.

Dryden, John, essay on, i. 187-234. His rank among poets, 187. Affected by circumstances, 187. Greatest of the critical poets, 214. His Annus Mirabilis, 215. His plays, 217. Unnaturalness of his characters, 220. Tendency to rant, 222. The improvement of his work in later life, 225. Founds the critical school of poetry, 227. His power of reasoning in verse, 228. His use of the flattery of dedication, 229. His characteristics, 230. Satirical works, 231. A connecting link between two literary periods, 597. Admits the justice of Jeremy Collier's attack, iii. 91.

Dumont, M., review of his Souvenirs sur Mirabeau, ii. 95-127. Services rendered by him to society, 96. The interpreter of Bentham, 96-98. His view of the French Revolution, 98-103, 294. His opinion that Burke's work on the Revolution had saved Europe, 101, 294. His efforts to instruct the French in political knowledge, 103. His pen-portrait of Mirabeau, 125. His revelation of his own character, 127.

Dundas, Henry, investigates Indian affairs, iii. 194. Sides with Hastings, 208. Defends him on the first charge, 215. Follows Pitt on the second, 219.

Dupleix, governor of Pondicherry, his gigantic schemes for establishing French influence in India, ii. 677, 683, 685, 693, 695, 700. His death, 700, 758.