Lawyer
Lawyer (ante). In The United States Lawyers Are Called Indifferently Attorneys And Counselors-at-law. Lawyers Who Devote Themselves Specially To Patent Causes Are Often Called Solicitors. Candidates For Admission To The Bar Are Required In Most Of The States To Pursue A Course Of Legal Study Either At A Reputable Law-school ...
Layamon
Layamon, Also Laweman, Author Of The Britt, A Metrical Chronicle Of Britain From The Arrival Of The Fabulous Brutus To The Death Of King Cadwallader, 689 A.d., Was, Be Himself Tells Us, A Priest At Ernely, On The Severn, In Worcestershire, And Appears To Have Flourished About The Beginning Of ...
Lazarists
Lazarists, An Order Of Missionary Priests Originated In France By Vincent De Paul In 1624. Their Chief Function Was To Look After The Religious Interests Of The Country People And The Lower Classes. The New Institution Soon Received The Royal Sanction, Was Officially Approved In 1626 By The Archbishop Of ...
Le Vaillant
Le Vaillant, Francois, A Distinguished Traveler And Naturalist, Particularly Eminent As An Ornithologist, Was B. In 1753 At Paramaribo, In Dutch Guiana, Where His Father, A Rich French Merchant, Was Then French Consul. When He Was 10 Years Of Age, His Father Returned To Europe And Settled At Metz, His ...
Leake
Leake, Sir John, Admiral; 1656-1720: B. Rotherhithe, Surrey, England; Early Entered The Navy, And Distinguished Himself Under His Father In 1673 In The Action Between Sir Edward Sprigg And Van Tromp, And Afterward, When Appointed Capt., Performed The Daring Feat Of Conveying Some Victualers Into Londonderry, Thus Com Pelling The ...
Lease
Lease Is The Contract Establishing The Relation Between Landlord And Tenant (q.v.).. If The Term Of Years Is More Than Three, Then It Must Be By Deed Under Seal Iu England, Or By Writing In Scotland, If For More Than One Year. An Improving Lease Is Where The Lessee Agrees ...
Leather
Leather Consists Essentially Of The Skins Of Animals Chemically Altered By The Vegetable Principle Called Tannin, Or Tannic Acid (q.v.), So As To Arrest That Proneness To Decompose Which Is Characteristic Of Soft Animal Substances. Its Invention Reaches Beyond The Dawn Of History, And Was Probably Among The Earliest Germs ...
Leaves
Leaves, Folio, Are Organs Of Plants, Springing From The Sides Of The Stem Or Branches, Generally More Or Less Flat And Green, Never Bearing Flowers, And Of Great Use In The Veg, Ctable Economy, As Exposing The Sap To Air And Light On Their Extensive Surfaces. It Is Usually In ...
Lebanon
Lebanon, A Co. In S.e. Pennsylvania, Taken In 1816 From The Counties Of Lancaster And Dauphin. It Is Well Watered By The Swatara River And The Little Swatara, With Their Branches; 288 Sq.m.; Pop. In '80, 38,476-37,845 Americans. The Third Mountain, A Spur Of The Blue Mountain Range, Forms Its ...
Lebanon_2
Lebanon, Morwt, Or Jebel Lhsnan, The Western And Higher Of Two Mountain Chains Which Run Through Syria From N. To S. Parallel With The Coast Of The Levant. Its Averame Height Is About 7,000 Ft., But Its Loftiest Peak, Dahrel-khotib, In The Range Called Attains An Elevation Of 10,050 Feet. ...
Lecompton Constitution
Lecompton Constitution. A Frame Of Government For The State Of Kansas. Adopted By An Illegally Constituted Convention Held At Lecompton In 1857, And Sought To Lie Imposed By Illegal And Violent Measures Upon The People Of That State. The Mem Bers Of The Legislature Which Called The Convention Were Chosen ...
Leech
Leech, /lirudo, A Linntean Genus Of Annelida, Of The Order Suctoria, Now Forming The Family Hintdinidce, And Divided Into It Number Of Genera, Some Of Which Contain Many Species. They Are Mostly Inhabitants Of Fresh Waters, Although Some Live Among Grass, Etc., In Moist Places, And Some Are Marine. They ...
Leeds
Leeds, The First. T. In Yorkshire And Fifth In England In Point Of Population, Is A Parliamentary And Municipal Borough, Returning Three Members To The House Of Commons. It Is Situated In The N.w. Of The West Riding Of Yorkshire, In The Valley Of The Aire, And Is The Seat ...
Leeds_2
Leeds, Jonx, 1705-90; B. Talbot Co., Md.; Served For Forty Years As Clerk Of The County And Judge Of The Provincial Court ; In 1760 Was Appointed Commissioner To Supervise The Returns Of Mason And Dixon Of The Boundaries Of Maryland End Pennsylvania. In 1769 He Contributed To The Philosophical ...
Legacy
Legacy Is A Bequest Or Gift Contained In The Will Of A Deceased Person Of A Chattel Or Sum Of Money Or Other Thing. In England, It Is Provided By Statute That If A Legacy Is Given To The Witness Of A Will, Or To His Or Her Wife Or ...
Legacy_2
Legacy (ante). Legacies Are Of Various Kinds; As, Absolute, To Vest At Once Uncon Ditionally; Conditional Or Contingent, Limited To Take Effect Upon Some Event Which May Or May Not Take Place; Demonstrative, To He Paid Out Of A Specified Fund; Model, Where The Will Contains Directions As To The ...
Legate
Legate, The Name Of The Ambassador Or Representative, Whether 'temporary Or Per Manent, Sent By The Pope To A Particular Church. In The Ancient Church We Meet Many Examples Of Officials, Called In Greek Apocrisiarioi, And In Latin Responsales, At The Court Of Constantinople; But Their Commission Was Commonly Temporary, ...
Legend
Legend (lat. Legenda, Things To Be Read, Lessons) Was The Name Given In Early Times, In The Roman Catholic Church, To A Book Containing The Daily Lessons Which 'were Wont To Be Read As A Part Of Divine Service. Then The Narratives Of Time Lives Of Saints And Martyrs, As ...
Leghorn
Leghorn (livorno), One Of The Chief Mediterranean Seaports, Is A City Of Tuscany, In The Modern Province Of Livorno, 50 M. W.s.w. Of Florence, And 14 In. S.s.w. Of Pisa; Lat. 43' 32' 7' N., Long. 10° 17 7" E.; Pop. '71, Of Leghorn, 80,914,; Or Including Its Three Suburbs. ...
Legiiiiinose
Legiiiiino'se (fabacem Of Lindley), A Great Natural Order Of Exogenous Plants, Con Taining Herbaceous Plants, Shrubs, And Trees, Many Of Them Of The Greatest Magnitude. The Leaves Are Alternate, Usually Compound, And Have Two Stipules At The Base Of The Leaf-stalk, Which Often Soon Fall Off. The Inflorescence Is Various. ...
Legion
Legion, In The Roman Military System, Corresponded In Force And Organization To What In Modern Times We Should Call A Corps D'armee. It Differed In Constitution At Dif Ferent Periods Of I Taman History. In The Time Of The Republic, A Legion Comprised 4,500 Men. Thus Divided: 1200 Hastati, Or ...
Legion Of Honor
Legion Of Honor, An Order Of Merit Instituted Under The French Republic In 1802 By The First Consul, As A Recompense For Military And Civil Services. It Was Ostensibly Founded For The Protection Of Republican Principles And The Laws Of Equality, And For The Abolition Of Differences Of Rack In ...
Lehigh
Lehigh, A Co. In S. Pennsylvania, Having The Lehigh River For Its N. And N.e. Boundary; Drained Also By Jordan Creek, Running South-eastward, And Emptying Into The Lehigh River At Allentown; 341 Sq.rn.; Pop. '80, 06,220. Its Surface Is Diversified And Has Features Of Great Natural Beauty, With Comparatively Little ...
Leibnitz
Leibnitz (more Accurately Leibniz), Gottfried Wilhelm Von, Perhaps The Most Extraordinary Example Of Universal Scholarship Upon Record, Was July 6, 1646, At Leipsic, Where His Father Was Professor Of Law. Ile Studied At The "nicholas School" Of His Native City, Under Thomasius; But He Derived Much More Of The Vast ...
Leipsic
Leip'sic (formerly Librk Or Lipzk, Said To Mean The Home Of The Linden Or Lime Trees, From The Slavic Lip Or Lipa, A Lime-tree), A City Of The Kingdom Of Saxeny, Situated About 65 In. W.n.w. Of Dresden, Near The Prussian Border, In A Large And Fertle Plain. The Elster, ...
Leisleb
Leisleb. Jacon, B. Frankfort, Germany; D. In New York, 1691; Was In The Mili Tary Service Of The Dutch E. I. Company. And In 1660 Came To America, And Went Into Business On His Own Account. He Was For A Time A Resident Of Albany, Where He Became Concerned In ...
Leith
Leith, An Important Seaport, A Municipal And Parliamentary Burgh Of Scotland, On The Southern Shore Of The Firth Of Forth, At The Mouth Of The Water Of Leith,, 2 M. N. Of Edinburgh, With Which It Is Now Connected By A Continuous Line Of Houses. Although Not Without Many Fine ...
Lemon
Lemon, Citrus Limonum, A Tree Which Has By Many Botanists Been Regarded As A Variety Of The Citron (q.v.), And, Like It, A Native Of The N. Of India. Its Leave Arc Ovate Or Oblong, Usually Serrulate, Pale Green, With A Winged Stalk; The Flowers Are Streaked And Reddish On ...
Lemonade
Lemonade Is Formed By Adding Two Lemons Sliced, And 2 Ounces Of White Sugar, To A Quart Of Boiling Water, And Digesting Till Cold. It Is A Useful Drink For Allaying Thirst, And As A. Refrigerant In Febrile And Inflammatory Complaints, And Iu Hemorrhage, In Which Cases It Should Be ...
Lemuria
Lemu'ria, A Name Given By Certain Geologists And Anthropologists To A Supposititious Or Lost Continent. Such A Continent, It Is Claimed, Existed In A Distant, Yet Not Extremely Remote Geologic Age. The Position Assigned It Is In The Indian Ocean, Beneath The Waters Of Which Imagination Sees It Submerged; And ...
Lentil
Lentil, Ervum Lens, An Annual Plant Of The Same Genus With Tares (q.v.), A Native Of The Countries Near The Meditermnean, And Which Has Been Cultivated From The Earliest Times, Yielding An Esteemed Kind Of Pulse. The English Translation Of The Bible Is Proba Bly Correct In Calling The Red ...
Leo V
Leo V., Flavtus, Emperor Of The East, Surnamed The Armenian; D. 820; B. Armenia; Rose To The Rank Of Gen., But Under The Accusation Of Treason Made By The Emperor Nicephorus, He Was Imprisoned In A Convent, Until Michael Rhangabe Coming Into Power In 811, Released Him And Restored Him ...
Leo Xiii
Leo Xiii. (ante), The Conclave Of Cardinals Convened Feb. 18, 1878; And On The 20th, Cardinal Peeci, Archbishop Of Perugia, Received 45 Votes, And Was Declared Pope, Assuming The Above Name. He At Once Made Known The Fact Of His Election To The Great Powers, And Tie First Act Of ...
Leon
Leon, A Co. In E. Texas, Having The Trinity River For Its E. Boundary, Emptying Into Galveston Bay, Is Drained By That River And The Head-waters Of The Navasota River, Which Forms Its W. Boundary; 800 Sq.m.; Pop. To, 12,818-12,729 Of Ainerican Birth, 5.110 Colored. Its Surface Is Hilly And ...
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci. This Great Genius, Whose Works In Painting Arc Classed With Those Of Raphael And Michael Angelo, Was Also A Sculptor, Architect, And Engineer, And He Cultivated Successfully Anatomy, Botany, Mathematics, Astronomy, Poetry, And Music. He Was Born, In 1452, At Vinci, In The Val D'arno, Near Florence; ...
Leopard
Leopard, Fells Zeopardus, One Of The Larger Felklos (q.v.), Now Generally Supposed To Be Identical With The Panther Pardus), Although By Some They Are Regarded As Varie Ties, And Others Still Suppose Them To Be Distinct Species. Great Confusion Has Prevailed In The Nomenclature; The Panther And Pardalis Of The ...
Leopard_2
Leopard, In The Leopard Has Been Described By Some Heralds As The Issue Of The Pard And Lioness; And The Circumstance That Such Hybrids Are Unproductive, Is Assigned As A Reason For Appropriating That Animal To The Armorial Ensigns Of Abbots And Abbesses. However, The Representations Of Leopards, At Least ...
Leopold I
Le'opold I., Emperor Of Germany, 1640-1705; B. Austria, Son Of Ferdinand Iii., Of The House Of Hapsburg, And Of Maria Anna Of Spain. He Was Educated For The Church, But On The Death Of His Brother In 1655 He Ascended The Throne Of Hungary, And In 1637 Was Proclaimed King ...
Leopold Ii
Leopold Ii., Emperor Of Germany, 1747-92; B. Germany; Son Of Emperor Francis I., Of Lorraine, And Maria Theresa Of Austria, And Brother Of Marie Antoinette. In 1765, On Attaining His Majority. Be Succeeded To The Throne Of Tus Cany, Which Had Been Taken In The Place Of Lorraine, As Leopold ...
Lepidoptera
Lepidop'tera. (gr. Scaly-winged), An Order Of Insects, Undergoing Complete Meta Morphosis, Having The Mouth In Their Perfect State Exclusively Adapted For Sucking, And Further Characterized By Four Membraneous Wings Covered With Minute. Closely Set Scales. The Order Contains A Vast Number Of Species, Abounding Chiefly In Warm Climates; But The ...
Lepidosieen
Lepidosi'een (or Protop(erus), A Very Remarkable Genus Of Animals, One Of The Con Necting Links Between Amphihia (or Batraehia) And Fishes, And Ranked By Some Naturalists With The Former, And By Some With The Latter. Owen Strenuously Maintains The Proper Place Of This Genus To Be Among Fishes. There Are ...
Leslie
Leslie, Sir John, A Celebrated Natural Philosopher, Was B. In Largo, Fife, April 16, 1766. While A Boy, Showing A Strong Bias For The Exact Sciences, He Was Sent To St. Andrews University In 1779. In 1785 Lie Entered The Edinburgh Divinity Hall, But Devoted Most Of His Time To ...
Lesson
Lesson (lat. Lectio, Fr. /econ, A Reading, Called By The Greeks Anagnosma), In Litur Gical Literature, Means A Portion Of The Church Service Appointed To Be Read, Chiefly With A View To Instruction And Exhortation, Not Couched In The Form Of A Prayer, Nor, Even When Found In The Mass ...
Letters
Letters, A Legal Terni Used In The United Kingdom In Combination With Other Words Letters Of Administration In England And Ireland Mean The Legal Document Granted By The Probate Court To A Person Who Is Appointed Administrator To A Deceased Person Who Has Died Intestate. See Administration, Will, Intestacy. Letter ...
Letters
Letters Exn Articulate Sounds. Letters Are Conventional Marks Or Visible Signs Of The Elemental Sounds Of Spoken Language. The Earliest Symbols Of Sounds Repre Sented Syllables Rather Than Simple Sounds (see Alphabet, Hieroglyphics, Chinese Language). It Was Only Gradually That Syllables Were Reduced To Their Ultimate Elements, And All Alphabets ...
Letters Of Junius
Junius, Letters Of, A Famous Series Of Political Letters Signed "junius," Which Appeared In A London Newspaper, The Public Advertiser, During The Last Year Of The Administration Of The Duke Of Grafton And The First Two Years Of That Of Lord North. They Were 44 In Number; Besides Which Are ...
Letters_2
Letters (ante). Letters Rogatory Are An Instrument Sent By A Judge In The Name And By The Authority Of His Court To A Court In Another Jurisdiction, Requesting The Latter To Have Examined A Witness Within Its Jurisdiction, In Regard To A Cause Pending In The Former Court, Upon Written ...
Lettic Race
Lettic Race, A Branch Of The Slavic Family, Subdivided Into The Lithuanian, The Prussian, And The Lettic Proper. The Lithuanian Has Preserved Certain Characteristics Of The Indo-european Languages, Some Of Which Are Identical With Those Of The Sanskrit. It Appears To Be The Connecting-link Between The Slavic And The Other ...
Lettuce
Lettuce, Lactuca, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Composites, Sub Order Cichoracec, Having Sinalkilowt2rs,withjimbricated Bractese, And All The Corollas • Late, Flatly Compressed Fruit, With R Thread-like Beak, And Thread-lik, Soft, Deciduous Pappos.—the Garden Lettuce (..l. Satire) Is Supposed To Be A Native Of The East Indies, ...
Level And Leveling
Level And Leveling. Level Is A Term Applied To Surfaces That Are Parallel To That Of Still Water, Or Perpendicular To The Direction Of The Plumb-line; It Is Also Applied To The Instrument Employed In Determining The Amount Of Variation From Perfect Levelness. The Instrument Is A Cylindrical Glass Tube ...
Level And Leveling_2
Level And Leveling (ante). Custom Has Established The Measurement Of Absolute Levels From The Average Surface Of The Ocean—the Mean Between High And Low Water—as The Zero Level; When Reckoned From Any Other Zero Level, They Are Relative Levels. Leveling, Or Finding The Difference Between The Levels Of Two Or ...
Levelers
Levelers, A Party Which Arose In The Army Of The Long Parliament, When It Over Aived That Body, And Sent The King To Hampton Court In 1647. They Determined To Level All Ranks And Establish An Equality Of Titles And Estates Throughout The Kingdom. Several Of The Officers Belonging To ...
Lever
Lever, The Most Simple And Common, But; At The Same Time, Most Important Of The Seven Mechanical Powers, Consists Of An Inflexible Rod—straight Or Bent, As The Ease May Be—supported At Some Point Of Its Length On A Prop Rn. Which Is Called The Fulcrum, And Having The Weight To ...
Levita
Levita, Ell'aix (haled, Ben Asher; Ashkenasi = The German, Habachur = The Master, H(tmedakdek = The Gramrnariau), A Jewish Grammarian And Exegete, Who, Though Much Overrated, Still Holds A High Rank Among Hebrew Scholars, Was B. At Neustadt, On The Aisch, Near Nuremberg, In 1470. One Of The Then Frequent ...
Levites
Levites, The Descendants Of Levi (q.v.), Who Were Singled Out For The Service Of The Sanctuary. The Term Is More Particularly Employed In Contradistinction To Priests (q.v.), In Designating All Those Members Of The Tribe Who Were Not Of The Family Of Aaron. It Was Their Office—for Which No Further ...
Leviticus
Leviticus (ante); The Name Taken From The Septuagint Of The Third Book Of Moses, Signifying "belonging To Levi," Well Represents Its Contents, Which Are Precepts And Ordinances For The Government Of The Priests, Levites, And People In Their Special Rela Tions To God. The Hebrew Title, Which Is Simply The ...
Levulose
Lev'ulose, A Variety Of Glucose, Differing From Ordinary Glucose Or Dextrose By The Property Of Turning The Plane Of Polarization Of Light To The Left (whence Its Name) Instead Of To The Right, As In Dextrose. A Mixture Of These Two Sugars Constitutes Fruit Sugar Or, As Sometimes Called, Invert ...
Lewis
Lewis, •rifzlit Hon. Sir George Cornewall, Bart.. English Statesman And Author. Was B. In London, 180(1. He Was Eldest Son Of Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis. First Baronet Of Harpton Court, Radnorshire, Who, After A Long Official Career, Was Chairman Of The Poor-law Board From 1831 To 1839. Lewis Was Educated ...
Lewiston
Lewiston, A T. Of Maine, On The. Androscoggin River, 33 M. N. Of Portland. The River Has Here A Fall Of 50 Ft. In 200. And The Water-power Is Distributed By S Dam And Canal To Numerous Manufacturing Companies, Large Saw Mills. Etc. There Are Several Churches, Newspapers, Sehools, And ...
Lexington
Lexington (ante) Was Settled In 1642, And Named After A T. In Nottinghamshire, Eng. It Is-celebrated In American History For Having Been The Scene Of The First Battle In The Revolutionary War, Fought April 19, 1775, Which Aroused The Colonies To Resistance, Precipitating The General Conflict. On The Night Of ...
Leyden
Leyden (fr. Leyde, The Lugdunum Batatorum Of The Romans, Originally Luijkdtan, From Luijk, An End, And Dun, A Hill; During The Middle Ages, Lugduin Or Leydi.9, A Cele Brated Seat Of Learning In Holland, Situated On The Old Rhine, 22 M. S.w. Of Amsterdam, And 17 N. Of Rotterdam. Pop. ...
Leyden_2
Leyden, Lucas Van. One Cf The Most Celebrated Paintcrs Of The Early Dutch School, Was Born In Leyden In 1494. His Talents, Which Were Developed When He Was Very Young, Were First Cultivated By His Father. Hugo Jacobs, An Obscure Painter; Bnt Lie Was Afterward Placed In The School Of ...
Leyden_3
Leyden, Scnoot. Or, In Theology, The Name Given To Certain Dutch Theologians I Who Follow The Rationalistic Professors Of The University Of Leyden. Founded In 1575. The Principal Advocates Of This School Are.abram Nuenen, Tiele, And J. B. Seholt En, Pro Fessors In Leyden, And Their Pupils. Their Views Are ...
Lianas
Lianas, A Term First Used In The French Colonies, But Adopted By English, German. And Other Travelers, To Designate The Woody, Climbing, And Twining Plants Which Abound In Tropical Forests, And Constitute A Remarkable And Ever-varying Feature Of The Scene. Such Plants Are Comparatively Rare In Colder Climates, Although The ...
Libel
Libel Is A Publication Either In Writing, Print. Or By Way Of A Picture, Or The Like, The Tendency Of Which Is To Degrade A Man In The Opinion Of His Neighbors, Or To Make Lim Ridiculous. When Similar Results Follow From Words Spoken, The Act Is Called Slander (q.v.), ...
Libel_2
Libel (ants) Is Chiefly Distinguished, In Regard To Legal Remedy, From Slander Or Spoken Defamation By The Fact That It May Become The Subject Of Criminal Proceedings, Its Capability Of Indefinite Repetition Making It Dangerous And More Likely To Result In A Breach Of The Peace Than The Former. With ...
Liberia
Liberia, A Negro Republic On The Grain Coast Of Upper Guinea. The Territory Of The Republic Extends, From Long. 5° 54' To 12° 22' West. The Length Of Coast Is About 500 In.,•the Average Breadth Of The Territory About 50 Miles. On Dec. 31. 1815. Itti Association, Of Which Henry ...
Libraries
Libraries. The Term Library Is Applied Indifferently To Buildings, Etc., Destined To Contain Books, And To The Books Themselves Deposited In These Buildings. In The Present Article, It Is Used Chiefly, If Not Exclusively, In The Latter Sense. Passing Over The "libraries Of Clay," As The Collections Of Inscribed Bricks ...
Libyans
Lib'yans, People Of Libya, A Name Given By The Greeks To Africa, Probably From The Name Of The People Whom They Found In Possession Of The Northern Part Of The Continent To The W. Of Egypt, And Who Are Believed To Have Been The Lehabint Or Lubin; Of The Hebrew ...
License
License, In Law, An Authority Given By One Person Or Party To Another To Do Cer Tain Acts. Licenses Are Either Executory, Where The Act Authorized Has Not Been Done, Or • Executed, Where It Has Been Done. At Law All Licenses May Be Revoked By The Grantor, Unless The ...
Lichens
Lichens, A Natural Order Of Acotyiedonous Plants, Allied To Fungi And To Alga. They Are Thallogenous, Consisting Mainly Of A Thallus (q.v.), And Without Stem And Leaves; Wholly Cellular, And Nourished Through Their Whole Surface By The Medium In Which They Live, Which Is A;r, And Not Water, Although A ...
Licorice
Licorice (ylycyrrhiza), A Genus Of Perennial Plants Of The Natural Order Leguminovc, Sub-order Papilionaceie; Having Long, Pliant, Sweet Roots, And Generally Creeping Root-stocks; Pinnate Leaves Of Many Leaflets, And Terminating In An Odd One; Flowers In Spikes, Racemes, Or Heads; A 5-cleft, 2-lipped Calyx, And A 2-leaved Keel. The Ancient ...
Liebig
Liebig, Justus Von, Baron (ante). Soon After Becoming Professor Of Chemistry At Giessen, Liebig Established An Analytical Laboratory, And It Was This That Constituted The Great Attraction Which Drew Pupils From All Parts Of The World. Among The English Students Of Practical Chemistry Were Profs. Playfair, Gregory, And Johnston; And ...
Liege
Liege, Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name, Is Situated On The Meuse, Immedi. Ately Below Its Confluence With The Ourthe, In A Magnificent Plain. A Hill Rises On Each Side Of The City, One Of Which Is Occupied By The Citadel. The River Which Divides Liege Into Two ...
Lien
Lien, In English And Irish Law, Means The Security Or Hold Over Goods Or Land For A Debt Which Is Due, A Right Of Lien Is The Right To Retain Goods Of A Third Party Which Are In The Creditor's Hands, Until A Debt Due, By Such Party To The ...
Lieutenant
Lieutenant (fr. From Lat. Locum-tenens, Holding The Place Of Another), A Term Applied To A Variety Of Offices Of A Representative Kind. Thus, In Military A Lieu Tenant-general Personates With Each Division Of An Army The General-in-chief. A Lieupn. Ant-colonel (q.v.) Commands A Battalion For A Colonel In The Latter's ...
Life
Life. In Seeking A Definition Of Life, It Is Difficult To Find One That Does Not Include More Than Is Necessary, Or Exclude Something That Should Be Taken In. Rieherand's Definition Of Life, That It Is "a Collection Of Phenomena Which Succeed Each Other During A Limited Time In An ...
Lirer Pontificalis
Lirer Pontifica'lis, Part Of The Title Of A History Of The Bishops Of Rome Pro Fessing To Begin With The Apostle Peter And Extending To Nicolas I. A.d.), With Au Addition Subsequently Made Of The Times Of Adrian Ii. And Stephen Vi. (891). Anasta Sins, Librarian Of The Church Under ...
Lld Legge James
Legge. James, Ll.d., B. Huntly, Aberdeenshire. In 1815; Graduated At King's Col Lege And University In 1835; Studied Subsequently At Highbury Theological College, Lon Don, And Received From The University Of Aberdeen The Degree Of Ll.d. In 1870. In 1839 He Was Appointed By The London Missionary Society A Missionary ...
Lord Lieutenant
Lieutenant, Lord-, Of A County, A Permanent Provincial Governor Appointed By The Sovereign By Patent Under The Great Seal. The Office, In England, Arose From The Occasional Commissions Of Array Issued By The Crown In Times Of Danger Or Disturbance, Requiring Experienced Persons To Muster The Inhabitants Of The Counties ...
Lord Lieutenant_2
Lieutenant, Lord-, Of Ireland, The Viceroy Or Deputy Of The Sovereign To Whom The Government Of Ireland Is Committed. The Office Has Existed From A Remote Period, The Appointment Having Been Made Under Different Designations. His Powers Were In Early Times Very Extensive, Almost Regal. For The Last Half Century ...
Lords Of Isles
Isles, Lords Of Tile. The Lords Of The Isles Are Famous In Poetry And Romance, But No Proper Historieql Account Of Them Has Yet Been Written, And It Is Difficult To Dis Criminate Between Truth And Fable In The Various Notices Which Have Been Preserved. The Western Islands Of Scotland, ...
Lower Lias
Lower Lias Ower Sh I ' Bone Bed . Goo " The Upper Lias Consists Of Thin Limestone Beds Scattered Through A Great Thickness Of Blue Clay, More Or Less Indurated, And So Aluminous That It Has Been Wrought For Alum At Whitby. A Thick Band Of Vegetable Matter Or ...
Manes Lares
La'res, Manes, And Pena'tes Were Tutelary Spirits. Genii, Or Deities Of The Ancient Romans, The Derivation Of The Names Is Not Perhaps Quite Certain, But The First Is Generally Considered The Plural Of Lap, An Etruscan Word Signifying " Lord," Or "hero;" The Second Is Supposed To Mean "the Good ...
Manimilten Laearque
La)earque, Manimilten, Comte, 1770-1832; B. France; Joined The Army As A Pri Vate Soldier In 1791, And Soon Rose To Be Rapt. Of Grenadiers In The Famous Corps Com Manded By Latour D'auvergne, First Grenadier Of France. He Was Made A Brig.gen. In 1801, And Distinguished Himself In The Battles ...
Maria Angelica Kauffmann
Kauffmann, Maria Angelica, 1741-4807; B. At Coire, In Switzerland: Died In Rome. A Gifted Woman Of Many Accomplishments, Especially Distinguished As A Portrait Painter. She Was Daughter Of A Painter, Exhibiting At The Age Of 12 Intellect Of A High Order And Such Familiarity With Literature, History, And Art As ...
Maria Aurora Konigsmark
Konigsmark, Maria Aurora, Countess, 1666-1728; B. Sweden; Daughter Of A Swedish Genera], And Granddaughter Of A Field-marshal In The Swedish Service Of The Name Of Wrangel. She Was Mother Of Maurice Of Saxony (marshal Saxe), And An Ances Tress Of Mme. Dudevant (george Sand). She Was Celebrated For Her Charms ...
Maria Lamballe
Lamballe, Maria. Theresa Louisa Of Savoy-carignan, Princess Of, A Victim Of The French Revolution, Was B. At Turin, Sept. 8, 1749, And Was The Daughter Of Prince Loris Victor Amadeus Of Carignan. She Was Very Beautiful And Amiable, And Was Married In 1767 To Louis Alexander Joseph Stanislaus De Bourbon, ...
Marie Jean Pall Rocii
Lafayette, Marie Jean Pall Rocii Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis De, Descended From An Ancient Family Of Auvergne, Was B. Sept. 0, 1757, In The Castle Of Chavagnac, Now In The Department Of Upper Loire. Lie Became A Soldier At An Early Age, And In 1777 Went To America To Take ...
Marie Jean Paul Rocii
Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Rocii Yves Motier, Marquis De (ante). A Simple Epitome Of The Acts Of Lafayette From Early Youth To Ripe Old Age, In The Thick Of The Grandest Revolutions Of The World's History, And He In All A Leading Actor, Would Suffice To Give The Student Of ...