ii. 224

Laplace, his professed atheism, ii. 352

La Popelinière, his French historical works, ii. 269

Lateran, Matthew of Westminster's etymology of the name, i. 317

Latin, a vernacular dialect in the Middle Ages, i. 271. Results of Latin being colloquially employed by the monks, 271 _note_

Laverdy, openly protects the Jansenists, ii. 345

Lavoisier, his discoveries in chemistry, ii. 367

Law courts, first publication of the proceedings in the, i. 434

Layamon, his translation into English of the history of Geoffrey of Monmouth, i. 324

Le Blanc, his knowledge of the English language and literature, ii. 219. His admiration for England, 228

Le Brun, his knowledge of the English language and literature, ii. 225

Legat, one of the last English martyrs to religious opinions, i. 345 _note_

Legislation, main object of, i. 23. Burke's views as to the true end of, 459. The safest course for a legislator to pursue, 504. See Government

Leicester, Earl of, the founder of the House of Commons, ii. 117

Lenglet du Fresnoy, his imprisonment in the Bastille, ii. 235

Lens, the crystalline, discoveries of Descartes respecting the, ii. 78

Leprosy, superstitions respecting, i. 127. The leprosy of the Middle Ages extirpated from modern Europe, 155

Lerma, Duque de, prime minister of Spain, ii. 473, 474. His alliance with the clergy, 474. And its consequences, 475-477. His part in the expulsion of the Moriscoes, 493

Lesdiguières, Marshal, ii. 43. His apostacy, 48

Leslie, his philosophy of heat, iii. 383. Aid which he derived from poetry, 385. His injustice to Bacon, 388

Le Trosne, suppression of his work on 'Finance,' ii. 238

Lettes, their fondness for pork, i. 314 _note_

Le Vassor, his 'Histoire de Louis XIII.,' ii. 30 _note_

L'Hopital, his recommendation of religious toleration, ii. 10. His failure to effect any of his noble schemes, 10

Libel, Burke's attack of the power exercised by judges in trials for,