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Curll (Edmund.) Account of his being poisoned, with his last Will, xvii. 322. Farther Account of his deplorable Condition, 329. Relation of his being circumcised, 339.
Curll (Edmund). His instructions to a porter, to find his authors, xvii. 332. Obtains indulgence from the house of lords, after he had surreptitiously printed Mr. Pope's and other letters, xiii. 205. The dean had a design on his ears, ii. 6. Incensed the dean by publishing some miscellanies under his name, xv. 47. Dr. Arbuthnot's remark on him, xiii. 23. Lord Orrery's 326. Mr. Pope's, 329.
Cuts (lord). Typified by a salamander, vii. 33.
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Dalziel (Thomas). Preferred by the king to be general of the forces in Scotland, x. 328. Refused to serve under the duke of Monmouth, 340. Reproached the duke of Monmouth, with betraying the king in the action at Bothwell bridge, 343. An account and character of him, 361-363.
Daniel (the historian). His style too courtly and unintelligible, v. 199.
Darteneuf (Mr). His character, xiv. 384.
Dartmouth (lord). A patent granted to him by king Charles II, to coin halfpence for Ireland, ix. 53. 65. 82.
Dartmouth (William Legge, created earl of, and viscount Lewisham, Sept. 5, 1711). Succeeded the earl of Sunderland as secretary of state, iii. 116. His character, ibid.
Dauphins (of France). Three of them died in one year, iv. 182.
D'Avenant (Dr. Charles). Requests Dr. Swift's intercession with the lord treasurer, for his son, xi. 292. His character as a writer, xiv. 252.
David (king of Scotland). Having taken the oath of fealty to Maude, took up arms in her cause, xvi. 59. On making peace with Stephen, would by no means renounce his fidelity to the empress; but an expedient found, by his eldest son's performing homage to the king of England, ibid. Continued his depredations, 62. In return, Stephen seized on Bedford, part of the earldom of Huntington; which David revenged, by the most sanguinary barbarities, 63. On the revolt of the English barons, redoubled his efforts, and determined to besiege York, 65. By the zeal of archbishop Thurstan, a numerous army assembled, under the command of Geoffry Rufus bishop of Durham, to oppose him, ibid. David and his son gave many signal
proofs