Chapter Dustman has arrived to Dwarfs of D by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Dutchman I'm a Dutchman if I do. A strong refusal. During the rivalry between England and Holland, the word Dutch was synonymous with all that was false and hateful, and when a man said, "I would rather be a Dutchman than do what you ask me," he used the strongest term of refusal that words could express.
   If not, I'm a Dutchman, means, I will do it or I will call myself a Dutchman.
   Well, I'm a Dutchman! An exclamation of strong incredulity.

Duty means what is due or owing, a debt which should be paid. Thus obedience is the debt of citizens to rulers for protection, and service is the debt of persons employed for wages received.

"Strictly considered, all duty is owed originally to God only; but ... duties to God may be distributed ... into duties towards self, towards manhood, and towards God." - Gregory: Christian Ethics, part ii. division i. p. 172.

Duumvirs (3 syl.) or Duumviri. Certain Roman officers who were appointed in pairs, like our London sheriffs. The chief were the two officers who had charge of the Sibylline books, the two who had the supervision of the municipal cities, and the two who were charged with naval matters.

Dwarf (The). Richard Gibson, painter (1615-1690), a page of the backstairs in the court of Charles I. He married Anne Shepherd, a dwarf also, and the King honoured the wedding with his presence. Each measured three feet ten inches.

"Design or chance makes others wive,
But Nature did this match contrive."
Waller.

   The Black Dwarf. A fairy of the most malignant character; a genuine northern Duergar, and once held by the dalesmen of the border as the author of all the mischief that befell their flocks and herds. Sir Walter Scott has a novel so called, in which the "black dwarf" is introduced under the aliases of Sir Edward Mauley; Elshander, the recluse; Cannie Elshie; and the Wise Wight of Mucklestane Moor.

Dwarf Alberich (in the Nibelungen Lied) is the guardian of the famous "hoard" won by Siegfried from the Nibelungs. The dwarf is twice vanquished by the hero, who gets possession of his Tarn-kappë (cloak of invisibility). (See Elberich.)

Dwarf Peter (das Peter Manchen). An allegorical romance by Ludwig Tieck. The dwarf is a castle spectre that advises and aids the family; but all his advice turns out evil, and all his aid productive of trouble. The dwarf represents that corrupt part of human nature called by St. Paul the "law in our members which wars against the law of our minds, and brings us into captivity to the law of sin."

Dwarfs (under the three feet in height).
ANDROMEDA, 2 ft. 4 in. One of Julia's free maids. (See below, conopas.)
ARISTRATOS, the poet, was so small that Athenæos says, "no one could see him."
BEBE, or Nicholas Ferry, 2 ft. 9 in. A native of France (1714-1737). He had a brother and sister, both dwarfs.
BORUWLASKI (Count Joseph), 2 ft. 4 in. at the age of twenty. (1739-1837).
BUCKINGER (Matthew), a German, born 1674. He was born without hands, legs, or feet. Facsimiles of his writing are amongst the Harleian MSS.
CHE-MAH (a Chinese), 2 ft. 1 in., weight 52 lbs. Exhibited in London in 1880.
COLOBRI (Prince) of Sleswig, 2 ft. 1 in., weight 25 lbs. at the age of 25 (1851).
CONOPAS, 2 ft. 4 in. One of the dwarfs of Julia, niece of Augustus. (See above, ANDROMEDA.))
COPPERNIN, the dwarf of the Princess of Wales, mother of George III. The last court dwarf in England.
CRACH'AMI' (Caroline). Born at Palermo; 1 ft. 8 in. at death. (1814-24.) Exhibited in Bond Street, London, 1824.
DECKER or DUCKER (John), 2 ft. 6 in. An Englishman (1610).
FAIRY QUEEN (The), 1 ft. 4 in., weight 4 lbs, Exhibited in Regent Street, London, 1850. Her feet were less than two inches.
GIBSON (Richard), a good portrait painter. His wife's maiden name was Anne Shepherd. Each measured 3 ft. 10 in. Waller sang their praises. (In the reign of Charles I.)
HUDSON (Sir Jeffrey). Born at Oakham, Rutlandshire; 1 ft. 6 in. at the age of thirty (1619-78).
J ARVIS (John), 2 ft. Page of honour to Queen Mary (1508-56).
LOLKES (Wybrand), 2 ft. 3 in., weight 57 lbs. Exhibited at Astley's in 1790.
LUCIUS, 2 ft., weight 17 lbs. The dwarf of the Emperor Augustus.
MARINE (Lizzie), 2 ft. 9 in., weight 45 lbs.
MIDGETS, THE. Lucia Zarate, the eldest sister, 1 ft. 8 in., weight 4 3/4 lbs at the age of eighteen. Her sister was a little taller. Exhibited in London, 1881.
MILLER (Miss), of Virginia, 2 ft. 2 in.
MITE (General), 1 ft. 9 in. (weight 9 lbs.) at the age of seventeen. Exhibited in London, 1881.
PAAP (Simon). A Dutch dwarf, 2 ft. 4 in., weight 27 lbs.
PHILETAS, a poet,