Disraeli, Isaac, his sketch of Audley, 73; anecdote of, 138; on proverbs, 159; on men of genius, 232.
Disraeli, Benjamin, on the limits of human reason, 62.
Doddington, Bubb, characterized by Cumberland, 378.
Doing good, Lamb on, 89; difficulty of, 93; remark of Coleridge, 93; passages from Thoreau, 93.
Domitian, amused himself catching flies, 263.
Drake, and the origin of the Culprit Fay, 193.
Dryden, criticises the judges of his day, 3; anecdote relating to, 154; a curious fact of, 255.
Dutch Ambassador and the King of Siam, 101.
Dyer, George, his experience while usher, 88; an associate of Lamb's, 284; his biography of Robinson, 284; his absent-mindedness, 284; anecdotes of, 285, 286.
Eckermann, describes a scene on the Simplon, 350.
Edwards, Jonathan, effect of his work on Original Sin, 56; curious fact relating to, 266.
Egypt, hospitals for cats in, 99; ventilation in the pyramids of, 181; the railroad dates back to, 181; social questions discussed to rags in, 181.
Eldon, Lord, an anecdote he was fond of relating, 76; a remark in old age, 104; and Bessy Surtees, 246; his daughter's elopement, 246; a curious experience of, at Oxford, 246.
Elizabeth, Queen, a curious fact of, 245.
Elliot, Sir Gilbert, passion necessary to revolution, 46.
Elliott, the Corn-Law Rhymer, defines a communist, 105.
Emerson, a man like a bit of Labrador spar, 3; the soul not twin-born, 5; life a series of surprises, 24; confesses his ignorance, 32; on the good of evil, 40; few spontaneous actions, 64; on reforming, 90; is virtue piecemeal? 93; of one that would help himself and others, 105; the martyrdom of John Brown, 119; advantages of riches not with the heir, 121; personal independence, 138; of Shakespeare, 153; of the theory and practice of life, 240; the plant papyrus, 241; relating to Columbus, 259; the difference between the wise and the unwise, 354; effects of an acceptance of the sentiment of love, 359.
Epicurus, his name a synonym for sensuality, 261; his moderation, 349.
Erasmus, on self-love, 12; two natures in Luther, 47; of the Colloquies of, 193; effect of the smell of fish upon, 244; and Luther, 308; what he said of Luther, 309.
Essay on Man, curious statement relating to, 249.
Evelyn, observation on Jeffreys, 189; his argument against solitude, 244.