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Lessons X XI XII
Être verbs: reflexives, passives, and some intransitives (mainly verbs of motion); see Lessons X, XI, XII. A.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

learning xxxiv xxxv xxxvi
Bede, or Beda, the author, called “Venerable,” xxi , xxxiv ; account of his life, xxxiii-xliii ; his family, xxxiii ; born near Wearmouth, xxxiii , xxxiv , 386 ; his instructors, xxxiii , xxxiv , 222 , 257 n., 386 ; his ordination, xxxiii , 273 n., 386 ; his life spent in the Monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxxiii , xxxiv , 137 n., 386 ; dates of his birth and death, xxxiv ; his autobiography, xxxiv , 386-389 ; his diligence, xxxiv ; his eyes dim in age, xxxiv ; his death, xix , xxxiv , xxxix-xliii , 391 ; his epitaph, xxxiv ; his learning, xxxiv , xxxv , xxxvi ; his style, xxxvi ; visits Lindisfarne, xxxvi ; visits York, xxxvi ; Egbert his pupil, xxxvi ; his “Epistola ad Ecgbertum,” xxxvi , 273 n., 342 n.; his influence, xxxvi ; his last illness, xxxvi , xxxix , xl , xlii , xliii ; his “Life of Cuthbert” in prose and verse, xxxvi , 4 n., 260 n., 285 n., 287 n., [pg 400] 288 n., 291 , 309 ; story of his visit to Rome, xxxvi ; story of his residence at Cambridge, xxxvi ; his writings, xxxvii , 311 n.; list of his literary works and compilations, 386-389 ; his studies, xxxvii , 386-389 ; his duties, xxxvii ; his character, xxxvii , xxxviii , xxxix ; his zeal for Catholic usages, xxxviii , xxxix ; his admiration for Aidan, xxxix ; dictates to Wilbert his translation of St. John and St. Isidore, xlii , xliii ; buried at Jarrow, xl ; his relics stolen by Elfred and carried to Durham, xl ; translated with those of St. Cuthbert to the new Cathedral, xl ; a shrine erected to him by Hugh de Puisac, xl ; his chronology corrected, 9 , 11 , 12 , 13 n., 20 n., 22 n., 23 n., 27 n., 28 n., 29 n., 42 n., 63 n., 68 n., 75 n., 94 n., 241 n., 254 n., 287 n., 314 n.; his “Martyrology,” editorial references to, 27 n., 99 n., 265 n.; his friendship for Acca, 161 n.; his “De Temporibus,” 170 ; his “De temporum Ratione,” 170 , 227 n.; his “History of the Abbots,” 213 n., 215 n., 257 n., 287 n.; uses the Caesarean system of Indictions, 227 n.; his “De Locis Santis,” 337 n., 338 n.; said to have written Ceolfrid's Letter to Naiton, 360 n.; his “Expositio in Marci Evangelium,” 364 n.; his “Ecclesiastical History,” see Ecclesiastical .
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

Lindisfarne xxii xxix xxxviii
Cuthbert, St., Bishop of Lindisfarne, xxii , xxix , xxxviii , 4 , 161 n., 168 n., 192 n., 244 n., 331 n., 389 ; history of, 288-295 ; at Farne, 288 ; at Melrose, 288 , 289 ; succeeds Boisil as Provost, 289 ; at Ripon, 194 n.; his consecration, 285 , 288 , 292 , 293 ; Bishop of Hexham, 293 ; of Lindisfarne, 293 ; his friendship for Elfled, 189 n.; foretells Egfrid's defeat by the Picts, and death, [pg 408] 189 n., 285 , 286 ; his vision, 288 n.; his spiritual powers, 289 ; his missionary journeys, 289 , 290 ; his hermitage on Farne Island, 291 , 292 , 294 ; attends the Synod at Twyford, 292 ; his piety, 293 , 297 ; at Carlisle, 294 ; foretells his own death to Herebert, 294 , 295 ; death, 295 ; buried at Lindisfarne, 295 , 302 ; his body preserved from corruption, 295 n., 296 , 297 , 300 ; removal of his relics, 295 n., 302 n.; miracles, 291 , 292 , 297 , 298 , 299 , 300 ; Anonymous Life of, xxii , 285 n.; Bede's Life of, see Bede .
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

Louis XI XII XIII
Monarchy in the days of Attila, of Charlemagne, of the Hohenstaufen, of the Austrian Emperors, of Louis XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, &c., was as little like a patriarchal relation as anything could be.
— from The Empress Frederick: a memoir by Anonymous

Lemming x x x
Hare x x x x Mus lemmus —Lemming x x x x x Hystrix dorsata —Porcupine x Felis leo ( var. spelæa )
— from Cave Hunting Researches on the evidence of caves respecting the early inhabitants of Europe by William Boyd Dawkins

Lynx x x x
Lion x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Felis pardus —Leopard x x x x x Felis Lynx —Lynx x x x
— from Cave Hunting Researches on the evidence of caves respecting the early inhabitants of Europe by William Boyd Dawkins

LXIII XXVII XXX XXVII
LXIII XXVII XXX XXVII XXVIII XXXI XXVIII XXIX XXXII XXIX XXX XXXIII XXX 125 XXXI XXXIV
— from The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam

lagochilus X X X
mahaganus X X D. inermis X X X X X X X X X X X X M. lagochilus X X X X X X X M. woodfordi X X X X X X M. aurantius X X N.
— from Systematics of Megachiropteran Bats in the Solomon Islands by Carleton J. Phillips

ll x xi xii
These inscriptions have been referred to also by Cornill, Nestle, Nöldeke, Lagarde, etc. HISTORIES AND OTHER BOOKS Sketches and fragments of many ancient historians:— Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicæ , ll. x., xi., xii.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

lxxxvii xcii xciii xciv
Fort Stanton, 447 Fort Thorn, 638 Fort Tompkins, ciii Fort Toronto or Rouillé, lxxv , cii Fort Toronto or York, lxxvii Fort Towson, 519 Fort Whipple, 735 , 747 Fort William (British), 169 Fort William, Col., 446 Fort Wingate, 607 , 619 , 629 , 742 Forty-niners, cxi Fort York , lxix , lxxiii , lxxiv , lxxvi , lxxvii , lxxviii , lxxix , lxxx , lxxxiii , lxxxiv , lxxxv , lxxxvii , xcii , xciii , xciv , xcv , xcvii , c , ci ; and see York Fort Yuma, 646 , 736 Fort Zara, Zarah, 425 ; gone before 1866 Foster, Dr. Thos., 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 Fountain cave, 75 , 199 , 200 , 201 Fountain City bay, 57 Fountain City, Wis., 55 , 56 Fountain cr., 452 Fountain r., 445 , 451 , 452 , 453 , 454 , 459 , 463 Four Brothers isls., 4 Fourche de la Côte du Kansas, 423 Four Mile cr., 399 Fourth rap., 104 Fowlshiels, xlv
— from The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 3 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike


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