Davenant, Sir William, and Leonardo compared, vi, 48. _David Copperfield_, Dickens, i, 251. David, Jacques Louis, French historical painter, iv, 229. _David_, Michelangelo, iv, 23, 102. Davidson, John, his dedication of a book, vi, 331. Davis, David, judge, nominator of Lincoln, iii, 288. Davis, Jefferson, i, 112; iii, 293. Davitt, Michael, xiii, 185. Davy, Sir Humphry, vi, 149; Michael Faraday and, xii, 352; the Wordsworths and, i, 215. _Dawn_, Michelangelo, vi, 32. _Day, The_, masterpiece of Correggio, vi, 222. Dead Sea, the, iii, 40. Death, Carlyle on, v, 85; Johnson's dread of, v, 167; Whitman on, i, 175. Debating societies, iii, 188. Debs, Eugene, x, 117. Debtors' Prison, the, i, 253. Decimal monetary system, iii, 75. Declaration of Independence, Jefferson's part in, iii, 75. _De Clementia_, Seneca, ix, 201. Dedications, vi, 331. _Defense of Guinevere, The_, William Morris, v, 13. _Defense of Idlers, A_, Stevenson, xiii, 16. _Defensio Secunda_, Milton, v, 128. Definition, religion by, ix, 188. Degradation and woman, vi, 74. De Keyser, rival of Rembrandt, iv, 68. Delacroix, Ferdinand, French painter, iv, 230. _De l'Allemagne_, Madame de Stael, ii, 179. Delaroche, friend of Millet, iv, 271; Meissonier and, iv, 136. Delftware, xiii, 52. Delices, home of Voltaire, viii, 314. Delilah, i, 75. Delium, the battle of, viii, 31. Delsarte, Seneca compared with, viii, 56; quoted, iii, 121. Democracy, Shakespeare's limitations regarding, i, 179. Demosthenes, i, 248, 306; iii, 188; v, 162. Denominations in religion, origin of, ix, 19. Denslow's dandies, iv, 67. Dentists, v, 207; vi, 70. _Departure of the Pilgrims, The_, Robert Weir, vi, 343. Depew, Chauncey, on Scotch humor, xiii, 11; quoted, xiv, 238. De Quincey, life at Dove Cottage, i, 212; referred to, iii, 130. Descartes' _Meditations_, viii, 226. _Descent From the Cross_, Rubens, iv, 102. Deschaumes, friend of Meissonier, iv, 129. _Deserted Village_, Goldsmith, ii, 232; iii, 256; selections from, i, 283. Desire, suppression of, xii, 89. De Stael, Madame, father of, ii, 163; mother of, ii, 165; appearance of, ii, 168; charm of, ii, 169; marriage of, ii, 171; literary efforts of, ii, 173; religion of, ii, 176; exile of, ii, 181; death of, ii, 182; Swiss home of, ii, 183; conflicts of, with Napoleon, ii, 180; referred to, viii, 216. De Tocqueville, recipe for success, x, 319. Development, arrested, v, 72. Devotion, v, 238. _Devotional Exercises_, Harriet Martineau, ii, 79. DeWet, Christian, Boer leader, ix, 107. Dewey, John, x, 249. _Dial, The_, Thoreau's contributions to, viii, 421; Theodore Parker's contributions to, ix, 293. _Dialogue, The_, Galileo, xii, 79. _Diana Bathing_, Rembrandt, iv, 68. _Diary_ of John Adams, iii, 81. _Diary_ of John Quincy Adams, iii, 210. Diaz, friend of Millet, iv, 281.