Ljudevit Oaj
*oaj, Ljudevit, The Founder Of Modern Illyrian Literature, Was Turn About 1810, At Kropina In Croatia, Where His Father Was An Ipothecary. Gaj Studied Law At Pesth, And There Came Under The Inflame. Of Kollar, The Slovakian Poet, Who, Born In Hungary, But Of A Slavonia Stock, Had Adopted The ...
Lld Thomas
Thomas, Lld., Was Bore In 1772. Ho Was Educated For The Christian Ministry In Connection With The Secession Church Of Scotland, And We Believe Held A Pastoral Charge In Connection With That Body At :stifling In The Early Part Of His C.vreer, But It Is As A Popular Writer On ...
Lloyd Kenyon
Kenyon, Lloyd, Lord, Tho Second Son Of Lloyd Kenyon, Esq., By Jane, Daughter Of Robert Esidowes Of Eagle Hall In Cheshire, Was Born At Greddington In Flintshire, On The 5th Of October 1732. He Was Descended From An Ancient Family In Lancashire, Which Had Migrated Into North Wales At The ...
Loam
Loam, A Soil Compounded Of Various' Earths, Of Which The Chief Are Silicious Sand, Clay, And Carbonate Of Lime, Or Chalk. The Other Sub Stances Which Are Found In Learns, Such As Iron, Magnesia, And Various Salts, Are Seldom In Such Proportions As Materially To Alter Their Nature. Decayed Vegetable ...
Local Attraction
Local Attraction, A Term Accepted By Men Of Science As Applicable To Influences Exerted On The Compass By Substances Ou Ship Board. Few Subjects Have Taxed The Patience And Intelligence Of Nautical Men So Much U That Of The Disturbance Of The Compass By Local Attraction I • Nor Has ...
Lock
Lock, A Fastening In Which A Moveable Bolt May Be Prqjected By The Action Of A Key, Introduced Into The Leek In Such A Manner That The Bolt Cannot Be Returned To Its Original Position, So As To Release The Door Or Cover, Excepting By Another Application Of The Key. ...
Locus
Locus. This Word, Or The Greek Toros, Signifying Simply Place, Was Used By The First Geometers To Denote A Lino Or Surface Over Which A Point May Travel, So As Always To Be In A Position Which Satisfies Some Given Condition. Thus, Suppose It Required To Find The Position Of ...
Lodginus
Lodginus, In The Law Of Landlord And Tenant, Is Applicable Only To Apartments Let For Habitation In The Same House With Another; And Whether The Apartments Be Furnished Or No, The Law Is The Same. The Letting, As It Comprises An Interest In Land, Should Satisfy The 29 Car. Ii. ...
Log Board
Log-board And Log-book. These Contain The Account Of The Ship's Progress, As Deduced From Observations Of The Log. The Log-board Is Either A Large Piece Of Plank, Blackened, Ruled, And Prepared For Writing On With Chalk, Or Else A Elate With Divisions Scratched Upon Its Surface. As Soon As The ...
Logarithms
Logarithms. The Etymology Of This Word Is Xiryiev Cipleads, The Amber Of The Ratios ; And The Reason For The Appellation Will Appear In The Course Of We Article. We Assume That The Reader Has The Common Knowledge Of Logarithms, And Of The Method Of Using Them. We Have Abandoned ...
Logic
Logic. Since The Penny Cyclopedia' Was Completed, The Study Of Logic In This Country Has Undergone Three Itnportant Changes. First, Much More Attention Is Paid To The Subject : Secondly, Innovations Have Been Listened To In A Spirit Which Seems To Admit That Kant's Dictum About The Perfection Of The ...
Logistic Proportional Logos
Logistic. [proportional.] Log'os, A67es, The Greek For A Word, Is Used As A Theological Term. 1. The Jewish Doctrine Of The Logos. The Phrase, The Word Or Memra Of Jehovah Ztit Vv, Occurs Repeatedly In The Chaldee Targums, Where It Commonly Stands In The Place Of (jehovah) In The Hebrew ...
Lojibacex
L'ojiba'cex, A Group Of Plants Considered By Some A Distinct Natural Order, By Others As A Mere Section Of Sterculiacem. They Are Usually Large Trees, With Broad Deep-green Leaves, And Flowers Of Con Siderable Size. Technically They Differ From Malracece In Having Two Cells To Their Anthers Which Are Often ...
Lokman
Lokman Is Represented In The Koran And By Later Arabian Tradition As A Celebrated Philosopher, Contemporary With David And Solomon, With Whom He Is Said To Have Frequently Conversed. Lie Was, We Are Told, An Arabian Of The Ancient Tribe Of Ad, Or, According To Another Account, The King Or ...
Lollard
Lollard. The Religious Sect Known As The Lollards, Which Had Numerous Adherents In This Country Towards The Close Of The 14th Century, And Differed In Many Points Of Doctrine From The Church Of Rome, More Especially As Regarded The Mass, Extreme Unction, And Atonement For Sin, Is Frequently Said To ...
Lombard
Lombard, An Ancient Name In England For A Banker. It Was Derived From The Langobanli, Or Lombards, A Company Of Italian Merchant., The Great Money-changers And Usurers Of The 13th Century, Who Settled In England Before The Year 1274, And Took Up Their First Residence In S. Street Of The ...
Longitude
Longitude And Latitude. Thom Terms Moan Different Thine As Applied To A Point Of The Earth Or A Star In The Heavens; And We Must Accordingly Distinguish Between Geographical Latitude And Longitude And Relestial Latitude And Longitude. The Latitude Of A Star In The Heavens Is Its Angular Distance From ...
Longomontanus
Longomonta'nus. Cnersruas Severin, Better Known As Chris Tian Longomontanus, From The Latinised Form Of His Native Village, Langsberg, In Denmark, Was Born In 1562. His Early Education Was Probably Wholly Due To His Own Exertions, As The Circumstances Of His Father, Who Was A Poor Ploughman, Would Scarcely Have Enabled ...
Lord Advocate Of Scotland
Lord Advocate Of Scotland. This Is The Peculiar Appellation Of The Senior Standing Counsel For The Crown In Scotland. The Regular Series Of Such Officers Cannot Be Carried To An Earlier Date Than The End Of The 15th Century. Previous To That Time, In Dictments Seem To Have Been Under ...
Lord Campbell
*campbell, Lord. John Campbell, Now Lord Campbell, And Chief Justice Of The Court Of Queen's Bench, Was Born Iu 1779 At Springfield, Near Cupar, Fifeshire, In Scotland. He Is The Eecoud Son Of The Rev. Dr. George Campbell, Minister Of Cupar, Fifeshire. He Was Educated At The University Of St. ...
Lord Denman
Denman, Lord. Thomas Denrnau, First Lord Denman, Was The Only Eon Of A London Physician, Who Held A Poet In The Household Of George Iii., And Represented A Family Settled For Several Generations Near Bakewell In Derbyshire. Ho Was Born In 1779, And Received His Early Education At Palgrave School ...
Lord High Steward
Steward, Lord High, Of England; One Of The Ancient Great Officers Of State. Under The Norman Kings And The Early Kings Of The Plantagenet Line It Seems To Have Been An Hereditary Office. Ilugh Grentmesnil Held The Office In The Reign Of Henry Ii., And It Passed With His Daughter ...
Lord Lieutenant
Lord-lieutenant. It Was Formerly Usual For The Crown, From Time To Time, To Issue Commissions Of Array, Requiring Certain Ex Perienced Persons To Muster And Array The Inhabitants Of The Counties To Which Such Commissioners Were Sent. They Were Directed To Put Into Military Order These Who Were Capable Of ...
Lord Simon Fraser Lovat
Lovat, Lord. Simon Fraser, Afterwards Lord Levet, Was Born In 1668, At Beaufort, Near Inverness, In Scotland. He Belonged To The Family Of The Fraeers, Who Were Powerful As Early As The Reign Of Malcolm 1v. About 1153, And Who Had Large Possessions Iu Tweedale And Elsewhere In The South ...
Lord William Wyndham Grenville
Grenville, Lord. William Wyndham Grenville Was Born October 24, 1759. He Was The Third Eon Of The Right Hoo. George Grenville, A Distinguished Statesman, Who Was Born In 1712 And Died In 1770. He Studied At Eton College And At Oxford University. He Was Elected A Member Of The House ...
Lord Of Misrule
Lord Of Misrule, The Master Of The Revels At Christmas In Any Nobleman's Or Other Great House. " First In The Feast At Christmas," Says Stowe, 'survey Of London,' "there Was Iu The King's House, Wheresoever Ho Was Lodged, A Lord Of Misrule, Or Master Of Merry Disports, And The ...
Lords 2 Distribution Of
2. Distribution Of Powers Between King, Lords, And Commons. —custom And Convenianco Have Assigned To Different Branches Of The Legislature Peculiar Powers. These Are Subject To Any Limitation Or Even Transference Which Parliament May Think Fit. The King Swears At The Coronation To Govern "according To The Statutes In Parliament ...
Lords Justices
Justices, Lords. Our Kings Have Been, Ever Since The Conquest, In The Habit Of Appointing, As Occasion Required, One Or More Persons To Act For A Time As Their Substitutes In The Supreme Government Either Of The Whole Kingdom Or Of A Part Of It. When William I. Returned To ...
Lotteries
Lotteries Have Been Encouraged By Some States For The Purpose Of Raising A Revenue. The General Plan Has Been For The Government To Sell A Certain Number Of Tickets Or Chances, And To Distribute By Lot A Part Of The Money Thus Collected As Prizes Among A Comparatively Small Number ...
Louis
Louis (lunwm In German, Ludovious In Latin) Is The Name Of Many Kings Of France. Louis I., Called 'le Debonnaire,' And Also 'the Pions,' Son Of Charlemagne, Was Made His Father's Colleague In The Empire, A.d. 813, And After The Death Of Charlemagne, In The Following Year, He Succeeded Him ...
Louis Antoine Henri De Bourbon Engiiien
Engiiien, Louis-antoine-henri-de-bourbon, Duc D', Was Born At Chantilly In August 1772. Ile Wee The Son Of The Duke Of Bourbon End Grandson Of The Prince Of Cond6, Being A Lateral Branch Of The Then Reigning Family Of France. After The French Revolution Broke Out, Young D'enghien Served Under His Grandfather ...
Louis Bernard Guy Ton
Guy Ton De Morveau, Louis Bernard, A Chemist Of Very Considerable Reputation, Was Born On The 4th Of January 1737, At Dijon, In The University Of Which His Father Was Professor Of Civil Law. In Very Early Life He Showed A Turn For Mechanics, And After Studying At Home He ...
Louis De Cormontaingne
Cormontaingne, Louis De, Bora About 1606, Was A French Engineer, Who Distinguished Himself Both By The Services Which Lie Performed In The Field And By The Improvements Which He Made In The Art Of Fortification. Lie Was Present As An Engineer At The Sieges Of Landau And Fribourg In 1713; ...
Louis De Fontanes
Fontanes, Louis De, Was Born At Niort, In The Department Of Deux Sevres, March 6, 1757. His Father, A Protestant, Having, Though Of Noble Rank, Only The Scanty Income Derived From His Office Of Inspecteur De Commerce, Was Under The Necessity Of Sending Him To A Village School Near Niort; ...
Louis Dutens
Dutens, Louis, Was Born At Tours, Of A Protestant Family, January 16, 1730. When About Eighteen Years Of Age He Wrote A Tragedy, The 'return Of Ulysses,' Which Met With Success At Orldans, Where It Was Played After Being Rejected By The Managers Of Paris. But Dutens Did Not Repeat ...
Louis Ix
Louis Ix., Called St. Louis, Succeeded His Father, Louis When He Was Twelve Years Of Age, Under The Regency Of His Mother, Blanche Of Castile. During The Minority Of The King There Was A Constant Struggle Between The Crown And The Great Feudatories, At The Head Of Whom Were Thibaut, ...
Louis Jacques 3iande Daguerre
Daguerre, Louis Jacques 3iande, Was Born In 1789 At Cormeille In The Department Of Seine-et.-oiae, France. At The Outset Of Life He Obtained A Situation In A Government Office, But He Early Quitted That Employment, And Became A Pupil Of M. Degoti, Scene Painter At The Opera. As A Scene-painter, ...
Louis Jean Marie Daubenton
Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie, A Celebrated Naturalist And Zootomist, Was Burn At Montbard In Burgundy, On The 29th Of May 1716. The Church Was His Destination, And He Was Sent To Paris To Study Theology ; But He Gave Iu Secret Those Hours To Medi Cine And Anatomy Which. His ...
Louis Philippe
Louis Philippe, King Of The French, Duc D'orl6ans And Chartres, And Count De Neuilly, Was The Eldest Son Of Louis Philippe Joseph, Due D'orl6ans, The Philippe Egalit6 Of The Convention [orleans, House Or], And Louise Marie De Bourbon, Daughter Of The Due De Pen Thievre. Louis Philippe Himself Was Born ...
Louis Vi
Louis Vi., Called 'le Gros,' Son Of Philip I., Succeeded His Father On The Throne Of Franca In 1108. The Larger Part Of The Kingdom Was Then In The Hands Of The Great Vassals Of The Crown, Over Whom The King's Supremacy Was But Nominal. The King's Direct Authority Extended ...
Louis Vii
Louis Vii., Called 'le Jeune,' Son Of Louis Le Gros, Succeeded His Father In 1137. He Married Eleanor, Daughter And Heiress Of William, Duke Of Aquitania, A Lady Who Was Handsome And Inclined To Gallantry. Thibaut, Count Of Champagne, Having Revolted Against The King, Louis Took And Burnt His Town ...
Louis Xi
Louis Xi., Son Of Charles Vii., Succeeded His Father In 1461, Being Then Thirty-nine Years Of Age. He Had Early Exhibited A Duplicity Of Disposition, For Which His Father Mistrusted Him. He Had Revolted Against His Father In 1456, And Being Defeated, Had Taken Refuge At The Court Of Philip, ...
Louis Xii
Louis Xii., Son Of Charles, Duke Of Orleans, Descended From A Younger Son Of Charles V., Succeeded In 1498 Charles Viii., Who Bad Left No Children. Ile Had Beon Obliged By Louis Xl To Marry His Daughter Joau In 1476, But After His Accession To The Throne He Dis Solved ...
Louis Xiii
Louis Xiii., Sou Of Iieuri Iv. And Of Mary Do' Medici, Succeeded His Father In 1610, Beiug Only Nine Years Of Age, Under The Regency Of His Mother. In October 1614, He Was Declared To Be Of Age, And In The Following Year He Married Anne, Daughter Of Philip Iii. ...
Louis Xiv
Louis Xiv. Succeeded His Father In 1643, Being Then Hardly Five Years Old. His Reign, Including His Minority, Lasted Seventy-two Years, A Long And Important Period, Marked By Many Events And Vicissithdee All Over Europe, In Most Of Which Louis Took An Active Part. The History Of Such A Reign ...
Louis Xv
Louis Xv., Born In February 1710, Was The Only Snrviving Son Of The Due De Bourgogne, Eldest Son Of Louis The Dauphin, Son Of Louis Xiv. The Dauphin Died In 1711, And His Son The Due De Bour Gogne Died In 1712. The Younger Brother Of The Duc Do Bourgogne ...
Louis Xvi
Louis Xvi., Grandson Of Louis Xv., Succeeded Him In 1774, Being Then Twenty Years Of Age. He Had Married 1u 1770 Marie Antoinette, Archduchess Of Austria, Sister Of Joseph Il He Chose For His Minister Of Finance Turgot, An Honest And Enlightened Man, Who, In Concert With His Colleague Malesherbes, ...
Louis Xviii
Louis Xviii. (stanielas Xavier), Count Of 1provence, Born In 1755, Was Also Styled Monsieur' During The Life Of His Brother Louis Xvi., Who, Just Before His Death, Wrote To Him, Appointing Him Regent Of France. After The Death Of His Nephew Louis Xvii. In 1795, He Assumed The Title Of ...
Louvois
Louvois, Francois-michel-letellier, Marquis De, Prime Minister To Louis Xiv., During The More Brilliant Part Of His Reign, Was Born On The 18th Of January 1641, At Paris. His Father, The Chancellor Letellier, The Subject Of One Of Bound's ' Oraisons Funebres,' Served The Same Monarch In High Offices Of Trust, ...
Lpaintino Van Eyck
Lpaintino; Van Eyck, In 11100. Div.] Water-colour Painting, As The Term Is Now Understood—that Is, Painting On Paper With Colours Diluted With Water—is A Process Of Comparatively Recent Introduction. It Is True That The Italian, Dutch And Flemish Painters Of The Best Period Often Executed Their Cartoons And Finished Sketches ...
Lpvius
Lpvius, With His Full Name, Lu'cius Androni'cus, Was The First Person Who Introduced A Regular Drama Upon The Roman Stage. (liv., Vii. 2.) Lie Is Said To Have Been The Slave And Afterwards The Freedman Of M. Livius Salinator. The Time And Place Of His Birth Are Uncertain ; But ...
Lubienietski
Lubienietski (latinised Luniestiectus). There Are Five Persons Of This Name Tone Andrew, Two Christopher, And Two Stanislaa), All Distinguished In The Polish Socinian Controversy. A List Of Their Several Writings May Bo Found In Sandius, Ilibl Antitrin.,' Preistadt, 1684. The Subject Of The Present Article Is Stanialae The Younger, Son ...
Luca Casibiaso
Casibia'so, Luca, Sometimes Called Luchetto Da Genova, A Very Celebrated Italian Painter In Fresco And In Oil, Was Born At Moneglia Near Genoa, Oa St. Luke's Day, In 1527. He Was Instructed By His Father Giovanni, A Painter Of Considerable Merit, And Dis Tinguished Himself Even When A Boy, And ...
Luca Oiordano
Oiorda'no, Luca, Called Lttca Fa Presto, Was Born In 1629, According To Velasco, Or 1632 According To Dominici, At Naples, Where He Studied Painting Under Ribera, Better Known By The Name Of Spagnoletto. He Afterwards Went To Rome, Where Be Became A Pupil Of L'ietro Da Cortona, And Assisted Him ...
Lucas Cranach
Cranach, Lucas, One Of The Most Celebrated Of The Old German Painters, Was Born At Cranach, Near Bamberg, In 1472. According To A Prevailing Custom Of The Time, He Was Called After The Place Of His Birth, Sometimes Also Meister Lucas,-and Lucas Mahler, Or Luke The Painter, From Which Appears ...
Lucas De Iieere
Iieere, Lucas De, A Distinguished Painter And Poet, Was Born At Ghent In 1534. His Father, Jan De Ilecre, Was A Good Sculptor, And His Mother Excelled In Miniature Painting. Lucas Was Placed With Frans Florio, After He Had Made Sufficient Progress With His Father To Benefit By The Instruction ...
Lucas Van Leyden
Leyden, Lucas Van, A Very Celebrated Old Dutch Painter And Engraver, Was Born At Leyden In 1494. He Was First Instructed Iu The Arts By Hugh Jacobze, His Father ; Afterwards By Cornelis Engel Brechtsz; And He Distinguished Himself Even As A Boy By His Engra Vings, And Was A ...
Lucern
Lucern (medic:igo Maim), A Plant Of The Linnienu Clam Diadelphift And Order Decandria, With A Papilionaceoua Flower, And Of The Natural Fatniiy.of The Leguininone. There Are Many Species Of The Nedicago. Of 'mich One Is Super-eminent As An Artificial Grass In Temperate Climates, And A Must Valuable Plant Fur Feeding ...
Luci Us Ce Li
L Act.a'n T I Us, (luci Us C(e Li Us, Or Czecilius Firm Ian Us Lactantius), One Of The Early Latin Fathers, Was A Scholar Of Arnobius, Who Taught Rhetoric At Sicca In Africa. Ile Lived At The End Of The 3rd And The Beginning Of The 4th Century. His ...
Lucian
Lucian (amenaleis), A Celebrated Greek Writer, Was Born At Samo Sata, A City On The West Bank Of The Euphrates, In The Syrian Province Of Comraagene. We Possess No Particulars Respecting His Life On Which Any Reliance Can Be Placed, Except A Few Scattered Notices In His Own Writings. From ...
Lucifer
Lucifer, Bishop Of Cagliari In Sardinia, Is Principally Known In Ecclesiastical History For Refusing To Hold Any Communion With The Clergy Who Had, During The Reign Of Constantine, Conformed To The Arian Doctrines, Although It Had Been Determined In A Synod At Alex Andria In 352 To Receive Again Into ...