What is "lully"

Usage examples of "lully".

Ralph rode out with a small armed company and intercepted Raymond Lully before he could ever reach the protection of the Bishop.

And now the man who called himself Raymond Lully was riding his palfrey reluctantly toward Raby, in company with chainmail-clad Nevilles and half a dozen lancers.

Subtracting the effects of travel, did not Master Lully appear somewhat decrepit and time-worn for a person who had drunk an elixir of life?

The true adept, such as Lully, was well advised to steer clear of powerful men and princes.

If any deep philosophical discussion should occur in England, why, Lully could acquit himself as well as Llull.

Master Lully produced his bottle of nostrum, a clear thin liquid with a golden hue.

As soon as Master Lully and I were alone together, he took from his scrip a tiny shining silver mirror on a chain.

Other members of the family and retainers consulted Lully about their ailments, and in most cases he thoroughly banished or at least alleviated assorted agues, colicks, gripes, wind, surfeits, scabs, and headaches.

By now Antony Bek had sent a monk with armed escort to deliver a haughty message demanding the surrender of Raymond Lully into his custody.

Had Lully used his skill in astrology not only to ensure that the best planetary influences should preside over the ignition of the athanor but also, Nostradamus-like, to forecast the future, he could have predicted dire fortunes for England and all Europe within a couple of years.

Old man Lully wore a plain leather tunic and a grubby apron on which to wipe his hands.

The Nevilles left Lully safely at Raby Castle, brooding amidst the ruins of his laboratory over the escape of the salamander.

Thus Lully spent his surplus hours educating the rest of the establishment.

In no other instance, however, not in that of Lully nor in that of Franck, has the transfusion of blood been so successful.

She possessed a commentary on Raymond Lully, which cleared up all difficult points in the comments of Arnold de Villanova on the works of Roger Bacon and Heber, who, according to her, were still alive.