Cromwell, his great political error, ii. 435; prediction of his future eminence, iii. [269]; reasons for his delay in naming a successor, [328], [329].
Cruikshank, George, curious error concerning, i. 321, note.
Cyre, the Abbé, an envoy of the Emperor’s in Poland, iii. [350]; seized and imprisoned, [360].
D’Aguesseau, the Chancellor, his advice to his son on the study of history, iii. [179].
Dance of Death, iii. [211]-215.
Dante, origin of his Inferno, disputes on, ii. 421; the entire work Gothic, ib.; Vision of Alberico supposed to be borrowed, 422; and probably read by Dante, ib.; his originality vindicated, 423; the true origin of the Inferno, 427, and note.
Day-fatality, i. 279; lucky and unlucky days, ib., note.
Death, anecdotes relating to the death of many distinguished persons, i. 417-421; book containing the accounts of the deaths of remarkable persons, compiled by Montaigne, iii. [200]; reflections on death, ib.; anecdotes of the death of some celebrated persons, [201], [202]; effect of the continual consideration of, [203]; Lady Gethin’s ideas on, [204]; conversations of Johnson and Boswell on, ib.; singular preparations for, by Moncriff, [205]; opinions of the ancients on, [207]; personifications of, among the ancients, [208], and note; Gothic representations of, [209].
Dedications, curious anecdotes concerning, i. 337-341; price for the dedication of a play, 338; one to himself, composed by a patron, ib.; practice of Elkanah Settle with regard to, 339; of the Polyglot Bible to Cromwell, ib.; altered at the Restoration, ib.; to Cardinal Richelieu, 340; Dryden’s, ib.; ingenious one by Sir Simon Degge, 341.
De Foe, his honour questioned as to the publication of Robinson Crusoe, ii. 274; probably struck by Steele’s observations on Selkirk’s narration, 276; wrote Robinson Crusoe in comparative solitude, ib.; vindication of his character, ib.