These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Lawfeldt, Lawn, Lawn Tennis.
WILLIAM, an English divine; born in King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire, England, in 1686. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He wrote against Bishop Hoadley, and was also the author of some valuable practical books, as, "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life"; "A Treatise on Christian Perfection," etc. He died in King's Cliffe, April 9, 1761.
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A(NDREW) BONAR, an English statesman born in Canada, in Early in life he moved to Glasgow, Scotland, where he engaged successfully in business. He was elected to A. BONAR LAW Parliament, where he distinguished himself by ability in debate. He became leader of the Opposition and on the accession of his party to power he succeeded A. J. Balfour as leader of the House. He was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Lloyd George Coalition Ministry in 1916. In addition to being a member of the War Cabinet, he continued as active leader of the House of Commons. He secured the passage of enormous budgets necessary during the war. Following the general election of 1918, he ceased to be Chancellor of the Exchequer and became Lord Privy Seal. He took a prominent part in all war measures passed in the House and in 1920 was also active in the discussion of Irish and other questions.
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A. BONAR, in October, 1922, succeeded Lloyd George as British Prime Minister.
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JOHN, a Scotch financier; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, April 21, 1671. His father was a goldsmith and banker, and proprietor of the estate of Lauris ton, near Edinburgh. Law early showed a most remarkable talent for arithmetic, algebra, and kindred sciences. At 20 he removed to London, but was soon compelled to flee, in consequence of a duel in which he killed his adversary. He went to Amsterdam, where he studied credit operations. About the year 1700 he returned to Edinburgh, a zealous advocate of a paper currency; but his proposals to the Scotch Parliament met an with unfavorable reception. He now visited different parts of the Continent, where he won and lost vast sums in gambling and speculation, but sought in vain to win the favor of governments for his financial schemes. At last he settled in Paris, and, in company with his brother William, set up in 1716 a private bank. This was soon so successful and prosperous that the Duke of Orleans, the regent, adopted in 1718 Law's plan of a national bank, and issued prodigious quantities of bank notes, which enjoyed perfect credit. In 1719 Law originated his "Mis "Mississippi Scheme" and was made a councilor of state and comptroller-gen- and flour. The city has an admirable eral of finances. When the bubbles burst he became an object of popular public school system, public library, court hatred and found it best to quit France. He died in Venice, Italy, March 21, 1729:
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or LAVELD, the scene, close to Maestricht, Belgium, of the defeat of the combined Austrian, Dutch, and English forces under the Duke of Cumberland by the French commanded by Marshal Saxe, July 2, 1747. LAWN TENNIS. See TENNIS.
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originally a name given to a fine, plain-woven, linen textile, of light weight suitable for kerchiefs, ruffs, etc. Cotton imitations have been substituted for the linen fabric to such an extent that at present the word lawn, unless preceded by some qualifying word, denotes a plain, light, cotton fabric, bleached pure white. Lawn is dyed in plain colors or printed, when it is called colored lawn or figured lawn. Barred lawn is lawn woven with cords or ribs. Lace lawn is woven with open-work effects. The name lawn is thought by some to have come into use from the fact that the light-weight fabric was spread to bleach upon smooth, grassy lawns instead of on the rough grass which was good enough for common muslins and heavy linens. Others claim that the name comes from Laon, France, as cambric comes from Cambrai.
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a game of ball played on a grassy plot by two or four persons. It is derived from the old game of tennis, known by way of distinction as court tennis. A space or court 78 feet long and 27 or 36 feet wide is first laid off. It is then divided by a line running lengthwise. A net three feet high is suspended across the middle. Service lines are drawn on each side twenty-one feet from the net, thus dividing the court into eight oblongs. Each player carries a bat, known as a racket. In playing, the ball is caught in the racket and tossed to and fro over the net. Each side aims to cause the ball to light in one of the oblong spaces defended by the opposite party. Questions of rebound, limits, and striking the net are settled by tennis rules. The game requires a quick eye, a light foot, and a stroke well under control. See Games
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JOHN LAIRD MAIR,
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a city and county-seat of Douglas co., Kan. Kan.; on both sides of the Kansas river and on the Atchison, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé, and the Union the Union Pacific railroads; 40 miles W. of Kanof Kansas City. It is the farming trade center trade center for Douglas and parts of two other counvo other counties; and is principally engaged in manud in manufacturing, which is greatly promoted by y promoted by the excellent water power furnished by furnished by the river. It is the seat of the Kansas of the Kansas State University, Haskell Institute, and Institute, and tains a hos- Indian Industrial School; contains a hospital, public library, and several public veral public parks; and has flour and paper mills, and paper milis, barbed-wire, ice, shirt, sash and door 4. wash and door factories, and foundry and machine ty aud machine shops. There are electric light plants, lectric light plants, waterworks, several National and State National and State banks, daily, weekly and monthly periand monthly periodicals. The city was settled by an antisettled by an antislavery colony from the East in 1854 and he East in 1854 and during the Civil War was almost entirely. almost entirely destroyed by Confederate raiders. Pop. ers. Pop. (1910) 12,374; (1920) 12,456. and one of the
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