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 Law, Dr. Johnson's opinions on questions of, v. 461.

Lay Monastery, account of a periodical paper of that name, published as a sequel to the Spectator, viii. 42.

Lay Patronage, case of, in Scotland, v. 176.

Laziness, commonly associated with timidity, iii. 136.

Lear, king, observations on Shakespeare's tragedy of, v. 173.

Learned men, advantages from their living in societies, iv. 19. their complaints of ill treatment and neglected merit examined, ii. 361. the neglect of some occasioned by their own inconsistency of conduct, 362. such become objects of just contempt, who by their writings seduce others to vice, 365. by various actions exposed to contempt, iii. 150. their condescension and affability sources of great esteem, 151.

Learning, the advantages of, iv. 68. history of a man of, i. 287. eminence in, not to be obtained without labour, ii. 105. the possession of applause on that account, a precarious tenure, 106. its origin and excellence, 109. wherein it differs from wit, 110. the mutual advantages from an union with wit, ibid. the proper business of youth, iii. 14. degraded by promiscuous and indecent dedications, 144. wherein the chief art consists, 148. literary eminence not to be acquired from the study of books, 132. advanced by adhering to a settled plan, iv. 346. sometimes improved by accident, ibid. obstructions to, 425. not confined to time or place, 426. sir R. Blackmore's opinion of, viii. 48.

Leasowes, rendered elegant by the taste of Shenstone, viii. 409.

Lee, Nathaniel, in conjunction with Dryden wrote the duke of Guise and Œdipus, vii. 266, 269.

Legacy-Hunter, his character represented in the history of Captator, iii. 413.

Legendary Tales, burlesque on the modern versification of, i. 147.

Lentulus, his history, iv. 39

Letters, characters not to be established from them, viii. 314.

Leviculus, his character, iii. 351.

Levet, Dr. Robert, verses on his death, i. 130.

Liar, characterized, iv. 21. lie of vanity defined, 22. ought to be punished at the whipping-post or in the pillory, 25.

Liberalis, the wit, some account of the disagreeable treatment he met with, iii. 271.

Liberty of the press, reflections on, viii. 127.

Licensers of the stage. See Stage.

Lies, once uttered, sullenly supported, viii. 23.

Life, human, Theodore's Vision on the progress of, ix. 162. Posidippus's account of, iv. 97. Metrodorus's account of, ibid. the tediousness of, to those who are averse to the pleasures of solitude, ii. 22. the shortness and uncertainty of it should determine us to moderate our passions and contract our desires, 86. the miseries incident to it designed for the exercise and improvement of virtue, 158. instinct and passion the first springs and motives of action in it, 235. often distressed by new desires and artificial passions, which strongly operate, and produce avarice, vanity, and ambition, 236. the main of it composed of small incidents, 322. the great end of prudence is to direct some of its principal scenes, 323. the shortness of it not duly regarded, 335. the fragility of it not duly regarded, 336. exact calculations of the value of it more useful in traffick than in morality, 337. the duties of it commensurate to its duration, ibid. described under the similitude of the ocean, 481. the numerous dangers which attend our passage through it, 482. the gulf of intemperance peculiarly dangerous and fatal, 484. the numerous blessings of it to be esteemed and improved as means of happiness, iii. 28. a conviction of the shortness of it should repress our projects, and limit our expectations, 278. of multitudes compared to a lottery, 350. the general plan of it should be formed from reflections, 359. on the uncertainty of, iv. 271. compared to a day and a year, 277. plans laid down seldom put in practice, exemplified in the history of Omar, 444.

Life, choice of, observations on, i. 237. the hermit's directions, 245.