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D O D 
BODS'LEY (Robert), an author and bookfeller, born 
in 1703, at Mansfield, of parents in humble life. With¬ 
out tire advantage of a liberal education he acquired a 
tafte for literature 1 , which brought him into notice, when 
in the ftation of footman to a lady of fafhion. He at that 
time publifiied by fubfcription a collection of poems, 
under the title of The Mufe in Livery. His next per¬ 
formance was a dramatic piece called The Toyfhop, in¬ 
tended as a civil fatire upon the prevailing follies of the 
time. This was lhewn in manufcript to Pope, who took 
the author under his protection ; and by his influence it 
was brought upon the ftage in 1735, where it met with 
fuccefs. The profits which occurred from this and the 
former were by Dodfley prudently applied to fettling him- 
felf in bufinefs. He opened a bookfeller’s (hop in Pall- 
Mall, which, through his own good conduct, and the en¬ 
couragement of his patrons, foon rofe to diftindtion ; and 
in a courfe of years, Dodfley became one. of the mod 
confiderable perfons of his trade in the metropolis. Pro¬ 
ceeding at the fame time in his career as an author, he 
wrote the farce of The King and the Miller of Mans¬ 
field, with a fequel to it, entitled, Sir John Cockle at 
Court. Thefe productions are lefs diftingnilhed by hu¬ 
mour than by a vein of moral and fentimental fatire. 
His next work was in profe, and obtained great celebrity; 
it was The Economy of Human Life, in a fiyle intended 
to refemble that of the Scriptures and other oriental wri¬ 
tings. One book of a poem, in blank verfc, on the fub- 
jeCt of Public Virtue, and an ode, entitled Melpomene, 
next exercifed his poetical pen. In 1758 lie ventured to 
rife to tragedy, and compofed Cleone, the table of which 
is faid to have been fuggefted by a French work, the Le¬ 
gend of St. Genevieve. Though Garrick expreffed a 
mean opinion of the play, and it was in confequence taken 
to Covent Garden, it long drew full audiences, which 
was in part attributed to Mrs. Bellamy’s afting of the 
heroine. An attempt to revive it by Mrs. Siddons did 
not fucceed, owing, it is faid, to the excefs of pathos 
which it acquired from her unequalled performance in 
feenes of maternal diflrefs. In 1760 Dodfley publifiied 
Ins SeleCt Fables of Efop and other Fabulifts, in three 
books, of which the lad contains original fables. He 
prefixed a fenfible and ingenious Eflay on Fable. He 
publifiied, in 1774, A Collection of Plays by old Authors, 
in 12 vols. 1 2mo. of which a much-improved edition was 
given by Mr. Reid, in 1780. The Collection of Poems 
by different eminent Hands, 6 vols. 121x10. which bears 
his name, has relcued from oblivion feveral pieces of 
merit, and may be reckoned one of the molt valuable 
publications of the kind. He died upon a vifit at Dur¬ 
ham, in 1764. His works have been linee collected, in 
two volumes oCtavo. Dr. Anderfon, in his Brilifli Poets, 
fpeaks of Dodfley in the following words : “ His charac¬ 
ter was very amiable and refpeCtable. As a tradefinan, 
he preferved the greateft integrity; as a writer, the mod 
becoming humility. Mindful of the early encourage¬ 
ment which hi.-, own talents met with, he was ever ready 
to give tlie fame opportunity of advancement to thofe of 
others; and on many occafions he was not only the pub- 
liflier, but the patron of genius. There was no circum- 
fhince by which he was more diftinguiflied, than by the 
grateful remembrance which he retained, and always ex-‘ 
preffed, towards the memory of thofe to whom he owed 
the obligation of being fil'd taken notice ot in life. Mo- 
defi, fenfible, and humane ; he retained the virtues which 
firft brought him into notice, after he had obtained wealth 
fufficient to fatisfy every with which could arife from the 
poifeflion of it. He was a generous friend, an encourager 
of men of genius, and acquired the edeem and relpeCt of 
of all who were acquainted with him. It was his hap- 
pinefs to pafs the greated part of his life in intimacy 
with men of the brighteft abilities, whole names will be 
revered by poherity ; by mod of whom he was loved as 
much for the virtues of his heart, as he was admired on 
account of his writings'.” 
DOF 
DOD'WELL (Henry), a learned controverfial-writer, 
born at Dublin, but of Englilh extraftion, in 1641. He 
wrote an incredible number of religious tracts: but his 
fervices were fo little acknowledged, that bifliop Burnet 
and others accufe him of doing more hurt than good to 
the cattle of Chridianity, by his indifefeet love of para¬ 
doxes and novelties, and thus expoling hiinflelf to the 
feoffs of unbelievers. His pamphlet on the Immortality 
of the Soul, gave rile to the well-known controverfy be¬ 
tween Mr. Collins and Dr. Clark on that fubjedt, lie 
died in 1711. 
DOE, f. [ba, Sax. daa, Dan. dama, Lat.] A fite 
deer; the female of a buck.—Bucks have horns, does 
none. Bacon. 
The fearful doe 
And flying dag amidd the greyhounds go. Drydert. 
DOE, f. [from to do.] A feat; what one has to do; 
what one can perform : 
No fooner he does peep into 
The world, but lie has done his doe. Hudibras. 
DOE'BELN, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Leipfic, on the Mulda; with manufactures of cloth and 
hats: thirty miles fouth-ead of Leipfic. 
DO'EG, [.in Heb. careful.] The chief herdfman of 
king Saul. A man’s name. 
DO'EL, a town of Flanders, on the Scheldt, oppofitc 
Lillo. 
DO'EN, a town of European Turkey, in the province 
of Bulgaria, on the Danube : fifty-fix miles north-north- 
ead of Silidria. 
DO'ER, f. One that does any thing good or bad : 
So foul a thing, O! thou injudice art, 
That tort’red both the doer and didred. Daniel. 
Adtor; agent.—Sith thus far we open the things that 
have been done, let not the principal doers themfelves be 
forgotten. Hooker. —Performer.—One judgeth the prize 
to the bed doer, of which they are no lefs glad than great 
princes are of triumphs. Sidney .— An active, or bufy, or 
Valiant, perfon : 
Fear not, my lord, we will not fiand to prate; 
Talkers are no good doers: be aflur’d, . 
We go to ufe our hands, and not our tongues. Shakefp. 
One that habitually performs or pradlifes.—Be doers of 
the word, and not hearers only. Common Prayer. 
DOES. The third perfon from do, for doth .— Though 
lending to foreigners, upon ufe, doth not at all alter the 
balance of trade between thofe countries, fet it does alter 
the exchange between thofe countries. Locke. 
DO'ESBURG, a town of the Dutch States, in the 
county of Zutphen, rich and populous. The Hollanders 
made themfelves ixiaders of it in 1370; but, in the year 
1583, the citizens called in tlie prince of Parma to their 
aid, and drove the Dutch away ; bu t the earl of Leiceder 
took it again in 15S6, being the fird conqued achieved 
by the Englilh forces lent by queen Elizabetli to the 
aflidance of the States General. Francis dc Mendoza, 
admiral of Arragon, retook it in 159S, but it foon after 
lurrendered ro prince Maurice of Nalfau, who confidera- 
b!y augmented the fortifications. The bifliop of Munfler 
took it in 1672, but relinquiflied it foon after. Like the 
other towns of the province, it opened its gates to the 
French in 1672, who demolilhed tlte fortifications, apd 
abandoned it in 1674. It is eight miles fouth-fouth-weli 
of Zutphen, and nine north-ead of Arnham. Lat. 52. 4. 
N. Ion. 23.34. E. Ferro. 
DO'FAR, a town of Arabia, in the country of Hadra- 
maut, on the wed coad of the gulf to which it gives 
name: 1S0 miles fouth-wed of Halfek, and 120 miles 
north of Cape Fartak. 
To DOFF, v. a. [from do To put off drefs. — AI- 
cide.s doffs the lion’s tawny hide. Roue. 
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