_et seq._
What epochs favorable to masterpieces, 190.
Influence of the critical faculty, 192.
Effect of technical skill, 198.
Rise of good imitative literature, 203.
Theories of, confirmed by history, 204.

Literature, English, its quibbling character during James I.'s reign,
i. 205.
Patronage of, 547.
Superseded by a system of puffs, 549.
Revival of, 591.
Encouragement of, by court favor, 718.
Patronage discontinued by Walpole, 719.

Livy, as an historian, graceful but untruthful, i. 258.

Locke, John, Sadler not comparable to, i. 657.

Lollards, iii. 13.

London, in the 17th century, ii. 47.
Devoted to the national cause, 48.
Its public spirit, 77, 78.
Its prosperity during the ministry of Lord Chatham, 279.
Conduct of, at the Restoration, 316.
Effects of the Great Plague upon, 525.

Longinus, criticism of his work on the Sublime, i. 42.

Louis XIV., his character and person, ii. 113-115.
His conduct in respect to the Spanish succession, 140, 141, 149.
His acknowledgment of James II.'s son as King of England, and its
consequences, 152.
Sends an army into Spain to the assistance of his grandson, 158.
His proceedings in support of his grandson, Philip, 158-175.
His reverses in Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, 175.
His policy, 333.
Character of his government, 334, 335.
His military exploits, 501, 502.
His projects and affected moderation, 528.
His ill-humor at the Triple Alliance, 533.
His conquest of Franche Comte 534.
His treaty with Charles, 543.

Louis XV., his government, ii. 757, 758.

Louis XVIII., restoration of, compared with that of Charles II.,
ii. 311.

Louisburg, fall of, ii. 276.

Love, honorable and chivalrous, unknown to the Greeks, i. 25.
As delineated by the Roman poets, 25.
What the word implies in its modern sense, 26.
Change in the nature of the passion in the Middle Ages, 27.

Love for Love, Congreve's, iii. 83.

Loyola, Ignatius, his life and character, iii. 18.
Founds the Jesuit Order, 20.

Luther, Martin, opposes the ancient philosophy, ii. 454.

Lysias, speech of, for the Athenian tribunals, ii. 601.

Macflecnoe, Dryden's, i. 233.

Machiavelli, his name generally odious, i. 140.
Theories with regard to his Prince, 141.
His composite character, 143.
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