Lecky

[ lek-ee ]

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noun

William Edward Hart·pole [hahrt, -pohl], 1838–1903, Irish essayist and historian.

Lecky

/ ˈlɛkɪ /

LeckyWilliam Edward Hartpole18381903MIrishHISTORY: historian William Edward Hartpole (ˈhɑːtˌpəʊl). 1838–1903, Irish historian; author of The History of England in the 18th Century (1878–90)

And Lecky says, "Only an infinitesimal portion of the soil belongs to the descendants of those who possessed it before Cromwell."

Similar superstitions attached to somnabulism; see Lecky, “History of Rationalism,” vol.

The whole field of modern discovery, says Lecky in his Democracy and Liberty was outside his range.

The uses made of this passage are referred to by Lecky, Hist.

On these kinds of devils, see the note of Vives in loc., or Lecky's Hist.

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