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in the formation of her tafte from her connexion with la 
Serre de Langlade, an unfortunate author, but a good 
critic. With him (Ire always lived upon the. moft inti¬ 
mate terms, and he was fuppofed to be married to her; 
but, although her fentiments for him are faid to have 
palled the bounds of friendfhip, it does not appear that 
the flame was mutual. Indeed her charms were exclu- 
fively mental ; for (he is defcribed as being excellively 
brown, with a caft in her eye, and in voice and air to¬ 
tally unfeminine. Her foul, however, was of an amiable 
mould : (lie was generous, feeling, humane, conflant in 
friendfhip, and, though fubjeit to anger, yet free from 
malignity. She delighted to perforin good aftions, was 
o-ay and lively, and had virtues which more than coin- 
penfated her weaknefles. Among the latter was an im¬ 
moderate attachment to the pleafures of the table, which 
at length brought on an indigeflion that proved fatal to 
her, but not until (lie had attained to the ripe age of 
feventy-five. The titles of her works are, i. L’Hiltoire 
de la Comtefle de Gondes. 2. Anecdotes de la Cour de 
Philippe Augulte. 3. Memoires Secrets et Intrigues de la 
Courde France fous Charles VIII. 4. Marie d’Angleterre. 
5. Annales de la Cour de Henri II. 6. La Vie du brave 
Crillon. From this lift it will appear that lhe was a pro¬ 
ficient in that kind of fiiflion which has real characters and 
events for its balls ; a favourite fpecies of writing with 
French authors in particular, who are too apt in more 
ferious works to confound truth and falfeiiood. Her re¬ 
putation rofe fo high at one time, that her name was bor¬ 
rowed for fome works not her own. Nouv. Did. Hijl. 
LUSS'EMEN, a town of Pruflia, in the province of 
Ermeland : eighteen miles eaft-fouth-eaft of HeiKberg. 
LUSS'I, a country of Africa, fituated on the borders of 
a large lake to the fouth of Begarmee. It is otherwife 
called Fittre or Fiddry, and Cauga or Cougu. It is go¬ 
verned by a fultan ; and the dominions were once, much 
larger than they now are, being confiderably diminilhed 
by the fultans of Begarmee and Wadey. The inhabitants 
live in (mall huts, and are faid to be in a low degree of 
civilization. They have no fait except what they pro¬ 
cure from the alhes of goflab. The lake is fituated 210 
miles fouth of Bcrnou.- Lat. 15. 50. N. Ion. 22. 30. E. 
LUSS'IN. See Lossin, p. 674. 
LUSSIN'GE, a town of France, in the department of 
Mont Blanc : three miles weft-nortli-weft of Bonne. 
LUST, /. [Saxon.] Carnal defire.—When a temptation 
of luji a (faults thee, do not refift it by dilputing with it, 
but fly from it, that is, think not at 1 all of it. Taylor's 
Holy Living. 
This our court, infefted with their manners, 
Shows like a riotous inn ; epicurifm and luji 
Make it more like a tavern or a brothel 
Than a grac'd palace. Shakefpeare's King Lear. 
Any violent or irregular deiire.—The ungodly, for his 
own luji, doth perfecute the poor: let them be taken in 
the crafty wilinefs they imagined. PJalms. 
All weigh our a£ts, and whate’er feems unjuft, 
Impute not to neceflity, but luji. Dryden. 
Jt is alfo a fea-phrafe : thus, if a (flip heel either to the 
(larboard or port, the feamen fay (he has a luji that way ; 
and they fay fo though it be occafioned only by the (hoot¬ 
ing of her ballad, or by the unequal (lowing of things in 
the hold ; though it is more properly faid of a (hip, when 
fhe is inclined to heel any way upon account of her mould 
or make. Chambers. —Vigour ; aClive power ; luftinefs. 
Not ufed. —Trees will grow greater, and bear better fruit, 
if you put- fait, or lees ot wine, or blood, to the root; 
the caufe may be, the increafing the luji or fpirit of the 
root. Bacon. 
Lust, Graves of; in Hebrew, Kibrotk-hattaavak ; an 
encampment of the Hebrews in the vvildernefs, whither 
they arrived after having decamped from Sinai: It was 
(0 called becaufe 23,000 Ifraelites died there, who were 
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fmitfen by God for murmuring, and eating to excefs of 
thofe quails which God in his anger had caufed to fall 
upon the camp. See Numb, xi 34. Deut. ix. 22. 
To LUST, v. n. To defire carnally : 
Inconftant man, that loved all he favv, 
And lujled after all that he did love. Rofcommon. 
To defire vehemently.—Giving fometimes prodigally; not 
becaufe he loved them to whom he gave, but becaufe he 
lujled to give. Sidney. —To lift ; to like. Out of life. —Their 
eyes fwell with fatnefs; and they do even what they luji . 
Pfal. lxxiii. 7. —To have irregular difpofitions, or defires. 
—The fpirit that dwelleth in us lujlcth to en vy. James, iv. 5 . 
LUST'-DIETED, adj. Pampered : 
Let the fuperfluous and luji-dieted man, 
That (laves your ordinance, that will not fee 
Becaufe he doth not feel, feel your power quickly. Sliakef. 
LUST'-STAINED, adj. Stained by lull.—Thy bed luft- 
fain'd (hail with lull’s blood be fpotted. Shakef. Othello. 
LUST'-WEARIED, adj. Satiated with lull: 
Our (lining 
Can from the lap of Egypt’s widow pluck 
The ne’er lujl-wcaried Antony. Shakefpeare. 
LUST'-WORT. See Drosera. 
LUST'ELEIGH, a village in Devonfliire, near the river 
Bovey, not far from Bovey-Tracey. 
LUS'TENAU, a town of Germany, in the marggravate 
of Anfpach : five miles fouth-weft of Feuchtwang. 
LUS'TENFELDEN, a town of Auftria : three miles 
eaft of Lintz. 
LUST'FUL, adj. Libidinous; having irregular defires. 
—There is no man that is intemperate or lujlful, but be- 
fides the guilt likewife (tains and obfcures his foul. Tillotfon, 
Turning wrathful fire to lujlful heat, 
With beaftly fin thought her to have defil’d. Fairy Queen. 
Provoking to fenfuality ; inciting to luft.—Thence his 
lujlful orgies he enlarg’d. Milton. 
LUST'FULLY, adv. With fenfual concupifcence. 
LUST'FULNESS,/. Libidinoufnefs. 
LUS'TIHED, or Lustjhood, f [from lufy.~\ Vigour; 
fprightlinefs ; corporal ability. Not now in ufe. —His May 
of youth, and bloom of lujlyhood. Shakefpeare. 
A goodly perfonage, 
Now in his frefhelt flower of lujlyhed, 
Fit to inflame fair lady with love’s rage. Spenfer. 
Reafon and refpeft 
Make livers pale, and lujlihood dejected. Shakefpeare, 
LUS'TILY, adv. [from lufy.~\ Stoutly ; with vigour; 
with mettle.—Barbarofla took upon him that painful jour¬ 
ney, which the old king lujlily performed, Knolles. 
Now, gentlemen. 
Let’s tune, and to it lujlily a while. • Shakefpeare. 
LUS'TINESS,/. Stoutnefs; fturdinefs; ftrength; vi¬ 
gour of body.—Cappadocian (laves were famous for their 
lufinefs ; and, being in good liking, were fet on a flail 
to (hew the good habit of their body, and made to play 
tricks before the buyers, to (hew their a&ivity and ftrength. 
Dryden's Perfus. 
Frefti Clarion being ready dight, 
He with good fpeed began to take his flight 
Over the fields in his frank lufinefs. Spenfer. 
LUST'INGjy. Inordinate defire. 
LUST'LESS, adj. Not vigorous; weak. Liftlefs: 
Nath’lefle at length himfelfe he did upreare 
In lujllefe wife, as if againft his will 
Ere he had dept his fill he waken’d were. Spenfer. 
LUS'TON, a village in Hereford (hi re, north-weft of 
Leominfter.—A village in Somerfetftiire, two miles from 
Yeovil. 
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