Milton, Comus (1634).
Light of the Age, Maimon´idês or Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, of Cor´dova (1135-1204).
Light of the Haram [sic], the Sultana Nour´mahal´, afterwards called Nourjeham (“light of the world”). She was the bride of Selim, son of Acbar.—T. Moore, Lalla Rookh (1817).
Light o’ Heel (Janet), mother of Godfrey Bertram Hewit.—Sir W. Scott, Guy Mannering (time George II.).
Lightbody (Luckie), alias “Marian Loup-the-Dyke,” mother of Jean Girder, the cooper’s wife.—Sir W. Scott, Bride of Lammermoor (time, William III.).
Lightborn, the murderer who assassinated Edward II.—C. Marlowe, Edward II. (1592).
Lightfoot, one of the seven attendants of Fortunio. So swift was he of foot, that he was obliged to tie his legs when he went hunting, or else he always outran the game, and so lost it.—Comtesse D’Aunoy, Fairy Tales (“Fortunio,” 1682).
Lightning. Benjamin Franklin invented lightning conductors; hence Campbell says it is allotted to man, with Newton to mark the speed of light, with Herschel to discover planets, and
With Franklin grasp the lightning’s fiery wing.
Pleasures of Hope, i. (1799).