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London. True and faithful Narrative of what passed there, xvii. 358. In point of money, is supposed to be one third of England, x. 287. Its parishes very unequally divided in sir W. Petty's time, iii. 232. Number of poets, orators, politicians, profound scholars, &c. there, viii. 148. Its native fools of the bear and puppy kind to those of Dublin as eleven to one, 149. The properest place in the world to renounce friendship in, xii. 159. Some particulars relating to the sale of publick offices in that city, xiii. 28.
Long (Mrs. Anne). Account of her, viii. 372. xix. 17. Her character, xv. 220. xix. 18. Her own account of her situation, xv. 198. Decree for concluding the Treaty between her and Dr. Swift, viii. 372.
Lot (du). Inventor of bouts rimés, xviii. 445.
Lottery in 1711, xv. 122.
Love. Verses to, vii. 126. Love Poem from a Physician, vii. 375. A Love Song in the modern taste, viii. 158. A fabulous account of the origin of it, from Plato, iii. 147. Love and war the destruction of chairs in the kitchen, xvi. 106. A much stronger passion in young men than ambition, xi. 293.
Lownds (William). Married Swift's uncle's wife's sister, xv. 51. Humorous verses addressed to him by Gay, ibid.
Loyalty. Politeness its firmest foundation, viii. 269.
Lying. The Houyhnhnms in their language have no word to express it by, vi. 274. The faculty of it an abuse of speech, 280. The telling of one lye imposes the task of inventing twenty more to excuse it, xvii. 378. The celerity and duration of a political lye, xvii. 290. The last relief of a routed rebellious party, iii. 11. Its birth, parentage, and wonderful exploits, 12. Its professors have need of short memories, 13.
Lying (political). Proposals for printing a Discourse on the Art, xvii. 277.
Lyttelton (lord). Mr. Pope's affection for him, xiii. 405. Applied to by Swift, for his interest in favour of Mr. McAulay,
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