Jedwood justice; the little town of Jedburgh was prominent in
border-warfare, and its justice was proverbially summary, the execution
of the accused usually preceding his trial
Jonathan’s and Garraway’s, Coffee-houses in Cornhill and Exchange Alley
respectively, specially resorted to by brokers and merchants
Jortin, John, an eminent and scholarly divine, who wrote on the Truth,
Christian Religion and on History (1698-1770)
Julius, the second pope (1502-13) of that name, whose military zeal
outran his priestly inclination. He fought against the Venetians, and
the French
Justiza, M Mayor, “a magistrate appointed by King and the Cortes who
acted as mediator between the King and the people.” Philip II. abolished
the office)
KENRICK, William, a hack writer, who in the Monthly Review in 1765,
attacked Johnson’s Shakespeare with “a certain coarse smartness”
(1725?-79)
Kitcat Club, founded c. 1700 by thirty-nine Hanoverian statesmen and
authors on the basis of an earlier society (see Spectator No. 9)
LA BRUYERE, John de, tutor to the Duke of Burgundy and a member of the
Academy; author of Characters after the manner of Theophrastus (1644~96)
La Clos, author of Liaisons Dangereuses, a masterpiece of immorality
(1741-1803)
Lambert, Daniel, weighed 739 lbs., and measured 3 yds. 4 ins. round the
waist (1770-1809)
Langton, Bennet, a classical scholar and contributor to The Idler.
Entered Johnson’s circle in 1752 (1737-1801)
League of Cambray, the union in 1508 of Austria, France, Spain and the
Papacy against Venice
League of Pilnitz, between Austria, Prussia, and others (1791) for the
restoration of Louis XVI.
Lee, Nathaniel, a play-writer who helped Dryden in his Duke of Guise
(1655-92)