_Labat_ (Father), his travels into Spain and Italy quoted, 382.
_Lacedæmon_ Flagellating solemnities that took place there, 79,
& _seq._
Are described, or alluded to, by Cicero, Plutarch, Lucian, Seneca,
&c. _ibid._
Are still in use in the times of Tertullian, 83.
It is difficult to say whether there was more inhumanity or
stupidity in these processions, 395.
_Ladies_ have an abhorrence to cruelty, even in their acts of revenge,
320.
Neither do they intirely overlook offences; remarkable instances of
both their spirited resentment and mercifulness, 321, & _seq._
Aim at elegance in all their actions, 320, & _seq._
The singular power of the graces to engage their attention, 376.
Have a right to flagellate their Husbands, 339, 340.
_Lady_ (a great), mentioned by Brantôme; the remarkable entertainments
and festivity that took place in her house, 239, & _seq._
_Lancelot_ du Lac, the Knight, his History quoted, 218, 228.
_Lafontaine_, the Poet, quoted, 116, 196, 243, 322, 409.
_Law_ (the study of the), what is necessary to succeed in it, 282.
_Lazare_ (the Fathers of), their seminary; the excellent institution
it was, 162.
The extensiveness of their operations, 163, 164.
Their scrupulous exactness in performing their engagements, _ibid._
The occasion of their seminary being abolished, 165, 166.
_Lazarillo_ de Tormes, the notorious Spanish Cheat; how punished by
his four Wives, 327.
_Legend_ (Golden), a farrago of Monkish stories compiled by _Jacobus
de Voragine_, 115.
Again quoted, 151.
_Lewis_ XI. of France; the rascally turn of his devotion, 207.
_Liancourt_ (the Lady of), account of this Lady; her competition with
the Marchioness of Tresnel, 278.
Is worsted in the issue, 280.
_Libanius_, the Sophist, quoted, 288.
_Limeuil_ (Mademoiselle de), a Maid of Honour to the Queen of France,
173, 174.
The misfortune that befalls her, _ibid._
_Lower_ discipline defined, 21.
Is adopted by Capuchin Friars and the whole Tribe of Nuns, 21, 404.
Were not unknown to the Greeks and Romans, 287.
Are known in France, 288.
In Italy, _ibid._
Among the Persians, 289.
The Turks, _ibid._
The Chinese, _ibid._
The Arabs, 290.
In Denmark, 291.
Among the Dutch, 292.
In Poland, 179, 292.
In England, _ibid._
In Spain, 293.
A few remarks on their propriety, 400, & _seq._
_Loyola_ (Ignatius of), gets himself whipt at School, 98.
_Lucian_, quoted, 24, 81, 82, 96, 319.
_Lupercalia_, account of that festival, 90, & _seq._
It is continued to very late times, 93.
Is greatly improved, 94.
An attempt to revive it, 241.
A farther description of it, 396, & _seq._
Had vastly the advantage of all the festivals of the like kind,
contrived by other nations, _ibid._