Leucippus
A celebrated philosopher of Abdera , about 428 years before Christ. He was a disciple of Zeno. His life was written by Diogenes . There were several others of the same name.
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Each of these 11 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
Leucocytes
the name given by ainting ent Robin to the lymph corpuscles, or lymphoid Empire Tal cells in the serous membranes Caircases of the body, and occasionally in the Malpighian led in Wa cells. 368.
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Leukas
LEUCADIA, or SANTA nfined t MAURA, one of the Ionian Islands, lies close to the sovereign, W. coast of Greece; about 660 B. nk; especi C. the Corinthians cut through the peninsula the sovere that joined it to the maingan embs land. It is 20 miles long by 8 wide, d of a mag with an area of 110 square miles. The ssissippi, t backbone of the island is a ridge of white Po. limestone; hence the name (leukos,
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Leuthen
a village of of Breslau, er Eilesia, 10 miles W. celebrated for the prated for the victory won there, 1757, by Frederick the victory by Frederick the Great, with 34,000 men, over the Austrians 00 men, over the Ausunder Prince Charles of Lorraine at the Charles of Lorraine head of 90,000. The result was 10,000. The result was the reconquest of the greater part of Silesia by the the greater part of Prussians. russians.
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Leutze
EMANUEL, an American ANUEL, an American artist; born in Gmünd, Württemberg, May 24, 1816; was Gmünd, Württemberg, brought to the as brought to the United States in infancy. In 1840 he began to United display a remarkable In 1840 he began to talent for portrait talent for portrait painting. Subsequently he devoted himself to the painting of historical he devoted himsubof historical subjects. His works include "Columbus clude "Columbus Before the Council of Salamanca"; Salamanca"; "Columbus in Chains"; "Columbus Before the Queen"; "Landing of "Columbus Bethe Norsemen in America"; of the Norse- '; "Washington Crossing hington Crossing the Delaware"; "Washington at Princeton"; "Lafayette in ingten at Prince- Prison at Olmütz Visited by His Prison at Olmlitz Relatives"; etc. In 1860 he was ves"; etc. In 1860 employed by the United States the United States Government to make a large m a large mural painting entitled "Westward the Star of mural 'Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way" on one of the Way" on one of the staircases in the National Capitol. He National Capitol. He died in Washington, D. C., July 18, 1868. gton, D. C., July 18,
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Levant
le-vant', a term applied originally by the Italians to countries lying to the eastward of them or toward the sunrise, and more specifically to Asia Minor and Syria. It is a convenient name by which to designate the coast region and the islands of the eastern Mediterranean. The Venetian sailor calls an east wind a levanter. Levant morocco is a superior kind of leather prepared originally in the Levant from the skin of the Angora goat.
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Levee
the act lev-a'), the act or time of rising. In the United States this or he United States this term is applied to any assemblage of any assemblage of guests, whether held in the morning or in the morning or in the evening. In England the term is confined to a morning reception held by eception held by a sovereign, prince, or personage of high sonage of high rank; especially the state receptions held by the eceptions held sovereign. In hydraulic engineering an aulic engineerembankment to restrain water, and of a magnitude such as those of the restrain water, ich as those of the Mississippi, the Ganges, Holland, and the Holland, and the
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Lever, Charles James
le'ver, Charles James (1806-1872), an Irish novelist. He was born at Dublin and died at Triest, where he held a consular position. He was educated for medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Gottingen, Germany. He made a reputation during the epidemic of cholera in 1832, and later entered the consular service. He began writing serials for the Dublin University Magazine. The first chapter of Harry Lorrequer appeared in February, 1837. Its success was such that he used the title as a pen name . Other tales are Charles O'Malley, Tom Burke of Ours, and Lord Kilgobbin. As a whole, his novels are light and rollicking, and of no great permanent value. Ax. Mallet. Lever
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Leviticon
A gospel adopted by the French Templars , and alleged by them to have been discovered in the Temple at Paris, along with other objects. It was supposed to have been composed in the fifteenth century by a Greek monk, Nicephorus, who sought to combine Moslem tenets with Christianity. 66
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Leviticus
the third book of the book of Pentateuch, and of the , Id Testame in the Hebrew Bible named (Vaiyiqra) Old Testament ed (Vaiyiqr = "And called," from its first two words. est two wor The integrity of the work is admitted is admit by most critics, though rationalists conionalists.co tend that the Levitical legislation did egislation not originate till 1,000 years after years af Moses, and was not carried out till after out till a the building of the second temple. temple. The the book Leviticus is the Epistle to the Hebrews, best commentary on the book of the Hebre and the other New Testament books. ent books.
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Lewald
FANNY, a German novelerman nov ist; born of Jewish parents in Königss in Köni berg, March 24, 1811, but professed ut profess Christianity in her 17th year. She began to write when about 30, and from 30, and fro 1845 lived in Berlin; in 1855 she married sce marT Adolf Stahr (1805-1876), the literary the litera critic. She was perhaps the most imthe most portant woman novelist in Germany dur- Germany de ing the middle of the 19th century. She century. 8 was an especially enthusiastic champion stic champi of the emancipation of her sex. Her er sex. H best book is perhaps "From Sex to rom Sex Sex" (1863-1865). An English translaglish transi tion of "Stella" (1884) appeared that ppeared the year. Her books on Italy (1847) and (1847) Great Britain (1852) may still be read with interest. She died in Dresden, in Dresde
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