Laurin or Der Kleine Rosengarten
A Tyrolese romance of the late thirteenth century. Laurin, a dwarf, possesses a magic rose-garden into which no one may enter without the loss of a hand or a foot. Dietrich and his follower Witege, enter it, and the latter rides through the rose bushes. Laurin, the dwarf, appears, on horseback and dismounts Witege. He is challenged by Dietrich and, assuming his cloak of invisibility, wounds him. Dietrich now persuades him to a wrestling match and wrenches off the dwarf's belt which gives him super-human strength. Thus he overthrows Laurin. Laurin then invites Dietrich and his followers to his mountain home, prepares them a banquet, makes them tipsy, and throws them all into a dungeon. They are released by Künhild, a mortal woman, who restores their weapons. They take Laurin prisoner and carry him to Bern where he becomes a Christian convert and receives Künhild in marriage.
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Laurium
a mountain (1,171 feet) of Attica , Greece, connected by a railway with Athens . It was famous in ancient times for its silver mines, but these were already exhausted in Strabo's day. Since 1874, however, the great heaps of slag have been profitably worked.
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Laurium
a village of Michigan, formerly known as Calumet. It is on the Mineral Range and the Copper Range railroads. It is the center of one of the largest and richest copper producing districts in the United States. Pop.. (1910) 8,537; (1920) 6,696.
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Lausanne
capital of the Swiss canton of Vaud, on the S. slope of the Jura Mountains, close to the N. shore of the Lake of Geneva, on which the village of Ouchy (where Byron wrote "The Prisoner of Chillon") forms its harbor. Here Gibbon resided and wrote the greater part of the "Decline and Fall." John Kemble, the actor, died and was buried here. Pop. (1918) 74,000.
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Lauzanne
STÉPHANE JOSEPH French journalist. He was born in 1874, and received his educa- VINCENT, a STÉPHANE LAUZANNE tion in the public schools of France. He early entered the newspaper field, distinguishing himself both as a writer and in the executive side of the profession. As editor of the Paris "Matin" he introduced the method of big headlines, supposed to be characteristic of American papers, and greatly increased its circulation. He is an officer of the Legion of Honour.
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Lava Millstone
hard and coarse basaltic millstone, obtained from quarries near Andernach on the Rhine.
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Lava Ware
a kind of coarse ware cast into urns, tiles, table-tops, etc.
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Laval
capital of the demost picturesque towns of France , on the Mayenne river; 46 miles E. of Renfrom the 12th century, are the cruciform nes. Its chief buildings, both dating Trémouilles (a prison now), in whose cathedral and the old ducal castle of the courtyard young Philip de la Trémouille, Prince de Talmont, was guillotined by the Republicans in 1794. Since the 13th century , when Flemish weavers settled here, the town has been the center of a district noted for its linen manufactures-linen, ticking, sacking, etc. In the vicinity the Vendeans, under Larochejaquelein gained a victory over the Republicans . a
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Laval University
French Catholic institution for higher education, founded in Quebec, Canada, in 1852. It includes faculties of theology, law, medicine, and arts. There are about 500 students . Rector, Monsigneur A. E. Gooseliu. a
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Lavater
JOHANN KASPAR (lävä-ter), a Swiss theologian; born in Zurich, Switzerland, Nov. 13, 1741. He was pastor of a church in his native town, and his religious writings won him great fame throughout Germany. In his "Christian Songs" (1776) he seeks to counteract the principles of Illuminism and Rationalism; and he has the same aim in the drama "Abraham and Isaac (1776), in the epics "Jesus the Messiah "Joseph of Arimathea" (1794), etc. His or the Coming of the Lord" (1780 ) views of the inner life of the soul find expression in his "Private Diary of a Self- Observer" (1772-1773). But hi supposed to papers circulation. of Honour. nely of all a or flowing ts, but more laster, the for- The lower part ted slowly and to be of stony is scori composi a in the Peak saltic, as in ne; others andesitic, Chile. Some of Vesuvius consist of those of Etna abrador felspar. al'), capital of the de yer and one of the of France, oN of Renboth dating the cruciform cale of the Témouille ned by 18th fled of manufac ete. In der Lavictory over the IVERSITY, a French for higher education, Canada, in 1852. It theology, law, medi- There are about 500 Consigneur! A.E. hard and oltained from th on the Rhine. NN KASPAR legiant born in 1741. H most celebrated work is "Physiognomic Fragments" (1775-1778). He died in Zurich, Jan. 2, 1801.
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Lavedan
HENRI, a French novelist and critic, born in 1859. After some years as a journalist and story writer, he began the writing of plays at which he achieved great success. The subjects selected by him were social life of Paris society, problems of domestic life and historical episodes. Several of his plays were translated into English and presented in the United States. In 1898 he was elected to the French Academy.
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Laverna
among the Romans and Latins, the patron goddess of thieves. A grove on the Via Salaria at Rome was sacred to her. The origin of the name is doubtful.
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Lavoisier
ANTOINE LAURENT (lä-vwä-zyā), a French chemist, one of the founders of modern chemistry; born in Paris, France, Aug. 16, 1743. He demonstrated experimenta experimentally the acidifying action of "dephlogisticated air," or, as he renamed it, "oxygen gas." He was the first to analyze water, and to obtain by synthesis "fixed air," or as he called it, "carbonic acid." He first gave system to chemistry, and not least of his services to science was his part in devising-with Guyton de Morveau-a consistent scheme of chemical nomenclature. Besides papers contributed to the proceedings of learned societies, he wrote an "Elementary Treatise on Chemistry" (1789). He was a farmer-general of taxes, and was guillotined in Paris, May 8, 1794.
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Law
. See Inheritance ; Arson ; Corporation ; Hague ; Tribunal; Mandamus ; Act Of God ; Salic Law; Blackstone ; Marshall ; Coke ; Supreme Court; Chancery; Feudalism ; Alfred; Code ; Legal Tender ; Bankruptcy ; Lien ; Land Tenure
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