Difference in taste, commonly so called, whence, i. 89.

Difficulty, a source of greatness in idea, i. 153.
  its disciplinary uses, iii. 453.
  political difficulties, ill consequences of attempting to
    elude them, iii. 454.

Dignity, national, no standard for rating the conditions of peace, v. 257.

Dimension, greatness of, a powerful cause of the sublime, i. 147.
  necessary to the sublime in building, i. 152.
  but incompatible with beauty, i. 242.

Dinagepore, Rajah of, account of him, xii. 318.

Diogenes, anecdote of him, iv. 61.

Directory, the, by whom settled, vii. 13.
  rejected at the Restoration, vii. 13.

Disappointment, what, i. 108.

Discontents, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present, i. 433.
  produced by a system of favoritism, i. 469.

Discretion, Lord Coke’s remark on, iv. 292.

Discretionary powers of the monarch, should be exercised upon
    public principles, i. 469.

Discrimination, a coarse, the greatest enemy to accuracy of
    judgment, v. 143.

Dissenters, observations on the Test Act, in reference to them, iv. 264.

Distress, great, never teaches wise lessons to mankind, iv. 10.

Distrust, advantages of, iv. 443.

Disunion in government, mischief of, i. 425.

Divorce, observations on, v. 313.

Domesday Book, origin, and nature of it, vii. 354.

Double cabinet, project of a, in the English court, i. 447.
  nature and design of it, i. 454.
  mischievous influence of it, i. 478.
  how recommended at court, i. 485.
  its operation upon Parliament, i. 490.
  singular doctrine propagated by it, i. 525.

Drama, Hints for an Essay on the, vii. 143.

Dramatic writing, difficulty of, vii. 145.
  origin of, vii. 149.

Druids, some account of their origin, character, and functions, vii. 176.
  the opinion that their religion was founded on the unity of
    the Godhead, confuted, vii. 185.

Dryden, his translation of a passage in Virgil, v. 391.

Du Bos, his theory of the greater effect of painting than of
    poetry on the passions, controverted, i. 134.

Dunkirk, demolition of, i. 412.

Dunning, Mr., brief character of, ii. 398.

Du Pin, M. de la Tour, his account of the state of the army
    in France, iii. 512.

Durham, County Palatine of, admitted to representation in
    Parliament, in the reign of Charles II., ii. 152.

Duty, effectual execution of it, how to be secured, ii. 353.
  determined by situation, ii. 465; iv. 167.
  people do not like to be told of it, iv. 163.
  not dependent on the will, iv. 165.

Easter, whence the name derived, vii. 237.
  disputes about the time of celebrating it promote the study
    of astronomy and chronology, vii. 252.