Dickens, Charles: his middle-class portraitures, 20;
his indebtedness to the poor, 22;
humor, 72.
Dictionary, references, 155.
(See _Languages_.)
Diderot, Denis, Goldsmith's interview, 309.
Dignity, to be maintained in middle-life, 117.
Diminution, habit in art and life (Essay XVI.), 232-238.
(See _Exaggeration_.)
Diogenes, his philosophy, 127.
Discipline: of children, 78-98 _passim_;
delegated, 83;
mental, 208;
of self, 308.
Discord, the result of high taste, 6.
Dishonesty, part of Bohemianism, 296.
Disraeli, Benjamin, female estimate, 380.
Dissenters: French estimate, 18, 19;
English exclusion, 19, 256;
liberty in religion, 164, 165;
position not compulsory, 170;
small towns, 171-173.
(See _Church of England_, etc.)
Dissipation: among working-men, 124;
in France, 272, 273.
(See _Wine_, etc.)
Distinctions forgotten (Essay XX.), 280-294 _passim_.
(See _Confusion_.)
Divorce, causes of, 38.
(See _Marriage_, _Women_, etc.)
Dobell, Sidney, social exclusion, 19.
Dog, rifle compared to, 392.
(See _Amusements_.)
Dominicans, dress, 189.
(See _Religion_, etc.)
Dominoes in France, 273.
(See _Amusements_.)
Don Quixote, illustration of paternal satire, 97.
Doré, Gustave, his kind and long letter, 345.
Double, Léopold, home, 142.
Dover Straits, 337.
Drama: power of adaptation, 72;
amateur actors, 143.
Drawing: a French church, 23, 24;
aid to business letters, 363, 364.
(See _Painters_, etc.)
Dreams, outgrown, 60.
Dress: connection with manners, 126, 127;
ornaments to indicate wealth, 131;
feminine interest, 187;
clerical vestments, 187, 188, 198;
sexless, 202, 203;
of the Philistines, 297, 298;
Bohemian, 304-307, 313, 314.
(See _Women_.)
Driving, sole exercise, 302.
Drunkenness: part of Bohemianism, 296;
in best society, 297.
(See _Table_, _Wine_, etc.)
Duelling, French, 273.
Du Maurier, George, his satire on coffee-dealers, 133, 134.
Dupont, Pierre, song about wine, 268, 269, 272.
Ear, learning languages by, 156.
(See _Languages_.)
Easter: allusion, 198;
confession, 281.
Eccentricity: high intellect, 56;
in an artist, 307;
claims indulgence, 387.
Eclipse, superstitious view, 215-217, 229.
Economy, necessitated by marriage, 26.
(See _Wealth_.)
Edinburgh Review, editor, 152.
Editor, a procrastinating correspondent, 317.
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