Concanen, Matthew, xlviii.
Condell, Henry, 51, 57, 60, 68, 144, 310.
Congreve, William, 315.
Connoisseur, The, 323, 339.
Cooke, Thomas, 317.
Cooke, William, xxi.
Copley, Anthony, 342.
Corbet, Richard, 345.
Corneille, Pierre, 37, 127, 322.
Cradock, Joseph, 162, 326.
Crendon. See Grendon.
Critical Review, The, lx, lxi, 326, 327, 334, 336, 338.
Criticism, Science of (Theobald's Preface), 81, etc.
(Warburton's Preface), 101, etc.;
uninstructive if general, 225, 347.
Canons of Criticism, see Edwards.
Cruden, Alexander, 177.
Cumberland, Richard, lxiii.
Cursory Remarks on Tragedy, xxi.
Dacier, André, 18, 86, 105, 307.
Daily Journal, The, xliv, xlvi.
Daniel, Samuel, 176, 190, 331, 336.
Davies, John, 176.
Dares Phrygius, 53, 187, 312.
Davenant, Sir William, 6, 8, 14, 206, 307, 327.
Dee, John, 180, 333.
Dekker, Thomas, 208, 337, 340.
Denham, Sir John, 167, 328.
Dennis, John, On the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare, xvii, xxii, xxxix, xl, 24-46;
veneration for Shakespeare, xi, 46, 310;
attitude to the dramatic rules, xvi, etc.;
attitude to Rymer, xvi, xl;
view on Shakespeare's learning, xxii, 31-46;
doctrine of “poetical justice,” 27-29, 309;
Letters to the Spectator, xxxix;
Impartial Critick, xvi, xxxix;
Comical Gallant, xvii, xl, 304;
Invader of his Country, xl, 24;
Letter to Steele, xl, 309, 310;
Characters of Sir John Edgar, xl;
Defence of a regulated Stage, 304;
Essay on the Operas, 311;
criticised by Warburton, 105;
criticised [pg 351] by Johnson, 117, 140;
“attempted to stab a man in the dark,” 329.
De Quincey, Thomas, xix.
Dictionary, General (1739-40), lvii.
Digby, Sir Kenelm, 191.
Digges, Leonard, 167, 328.
Dilworth, W. H., xxix.
Dodd, William, 169, 174, 184, 329.
Dodsley, Robert, 164, 327;
Old Plays, 181, 333.
Dogget, Thomas, 306.
Donne, John, 85, 182.
Dorastus and Faunia. See Greene.
Double Falshood. See Theobald.
Douglas, Gawin, 176, 183, 188, 189, 336.
Downes, John, Roscius Anglicanus, 307, 322.
“Drake, Francis” (Pope's suggested reading in 1 Henry VI.), xlvi, 87, 316.
Drayton, Michael, 109, 167, 320, 328.
Dryden, John, xiii, etc.;
opinion on Shakespeare's learning, xxii, 41, 166, 167;
opinion on Pericles, 4;
identified Spenser's “Willy” as Shakespeare, 7;
view on Jonson's attitude to Shakespeare, 55, 305, 312;
Essay of Dramatic Poesy, xiv, 160, 161, 166, 167, 305, 310, 322, 326;
version of the Tempest, 14;
prologue to the Tempest, 15, 254;
Epistle Dedicatory of the Rival Ladies, 308;
Preface to Troilus and Cressida, 307;
Preface to Ovid's Epistles, 39, 309;
Defence of the Epilogue, etc., 304;
Discourse concerning Satire, 305, 307, 313, 317;
MacFlecknoe, 181.
Du Bartas, 167, 211.
Dugdale, Sir William, 11, 67-70.
Edward III., 212.
Edwards, Thomas, 149, 319, 325.
Eliot, John, 211, 344.
English Historical Review, The, 340.
Esmond, x.
Euripides, 40, 55, 164.
European Magazine, The, 329.
Falkland, Lord, 14, 305, 306, 307.
Faerie Queen. See Spenser.
Falstaff, 5, 10, 11, 67;
Morgann's Essay, passim; 305.
Farmer, Richard, Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare, xxvi, xxvii, xlv, lxi, 162-215;
Antiquities of Leicester, lxi, 346;
Letter to Steevens, lxi;
“Pioneer of the commentators,” 164.
Farquhar, George, xv, 311, 322.
Fenton, Elijah, xli.
Fielding, Henry, xii, xxix, 322.
Fleming, Abraham, 183.
Fletcher, John, 15, 54, 110, 211, 320.
Fletcher, Lawrence, 68, 314.