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See Lear. Liria (lē'rē-ä). A town in the province of Valencia, Spain, 12 miles northwest of Valencia. Population (1887), 9,089. Ti battle of Belfort (which see). Liris. See Garigliano . Lisaine (lē-zān'). A small tributary of the Savoureuse, department of Haute-Saône, eastern France. In its vicinity, near Héricourt, was fought the Lisboa (lēz-bo'ä), João Francisco. Born at Iguará, Maranhão, March 22, 1812: died at Lisbon, Portugal, April 26, 1863. A Brazilian author. He is best known for his "Jornal de Timon," i ued in 12 numbers from 1852 to 1858, and consisting of satiri cal, political, and historical e ays. His "Vida do Padre Antonio Vieira" was published in 1874. Lisbon (liz'bon), Pg. and Sp. Lisboa (lēz-bō'ä), F. Lisbonne (lēz-bon'), G. Li abon (lis'säbon). The capital of Portugal, situated in the province of Estremadura, on the Tagus near its mouth, in lat. 38° 43′ N., long. 9° 11′ W.: the ancient Olisipo and Felicitas Julia. It has important commerce, especially with Great Britain and Brazil, and is the terminus of various steamer lines. The celebrated aqueduct of the Aguas Livres, finished in 1749, cro es the valley of Alcántara on a bridge of 35 pointed arches, the largest 204 feet high with a span of 95 feet. The cathedral was originally a fine Romanesque building, but has been disfigured by earthquakes and modernization. The royal palace of Ajuda is a large building in a commanding situation above the Tagus, with a library con sidered the finest in Portugal. Lisbon was an ancient Ro man city; was captured by the Saracens about 716; was taken from them by Alfonso I. in 1147; was made the capital in 1422; was in its most flourishing state about 1520; was occupied by the Spaniards 1580-1640; was nearly de stroyed by an earthquake Nov. 1, 1755 (with a lo of about 40,000 lives); held by the French 1807-08; suffered from a series of military revolts about 1831, and in 1859 was ravaged by yellow fever. It was the birthplace of St. Anthony of Padua, Camoens, and Pope John XXI. Population (1900), 357,000. Lisburn (lisʼbėrn). A town in the counties of Antrim and Down, Ireland, situated on the Lagan 8 miles southwest of Belfast. It manufactures linen, and has a cathedral. Population (1891), 12,250. Liscow (lis'kō), Christian Ludwig. Born at Wittenberg, Mecklenburg, April, 1701: died near Eilenburg, Germany, Oct. 30, 1760. A German satirical writer. Lisieux (lē-zye'). A town in the department of Calvados, France, at the junction of the Orbiquet and Touques, 26 miles east of Caen: the ancient Noviomagus. It manufactures woolens and flannels. The cathedral is one of the most interesting of Norman churches, exhibiting the long, sharp Norman lancets, the central lantern, and other characteristic local architectural and sculptural forms. It was the ancient capital of the Lexovii. Population (1891), 16,260. Liskeard (lis-kärd'). Atown in Cornwall, England, 16 miles northwest of Plymouth. Popu lati on (1891), 3,984. L'Isle-Adam. See Villiers de L'Isle - Adam , Phi lippe de. Lisle (lil), Alice. Born about 1614: died Sept. 2, 1685. An English woman, wife of John Lisle the regicide, executed on the charge of harboring a di enting minister, John Hickes, who was accused of treason. She was tried before Jeffreys, and her death was a judicial murder. Her second daughter, Bridget, was the wife of Leonard Hoar, president of Harvard College. Lisle, Leconte de. See Leconte de Lisle . L'Isle, Rouget de. See Rouget. Lisle, or L'Isle (lēl), William. Born at Tand- ridge, Surrey, about 1579: died at Wilbraham, Sept., 1637. An English scholar and poet, noted especially for his studies in Anglo-Saxon. He published in 1623, with an English translation, the treatise on the Old and New Testaments by Ælfric Grammatic us, a trans i at i on of parts of Du Bartas's "Weeks" (1625), etc. Lismahago (lis-ma-hago), Captain. A proud, dsahagas, but honorable Scottish officer, in Smollett's "Humphrey Clinker." He marries Tabitha Bramble after romantic adventures among the Indians. Lismore (liz-mōr'). An island in Loch Linnhe, Argylls hire, Scotland, 6 miles north of Oban. Length, nearly 10 miles. Lismore Lismore. A small town in the counties of Water ford and Cork, Ireland, situated on the Blackwater 28 miles northeast of Cork. It has a castle and cathedral. Li a (lis'sä). 1. An island of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary, about lat. 43° 3′ N., long. 16° 10′ E.: the ancient I a. It is famous for its wine. In a naval battle fought near the island, July 20, 1866, the Austrians under Tegetthoff defeated the Italians under Persano. Length, 11 miles. Population (1880), 7,871. 2. A fortified town on the island of Li a. Population (1890), commune, 4,822. Li a, Pol. Leszno (lyesh'no). A town in the province of Posen, Pru ia, 40 miles south by west of Posen. It was founded by the Moravian Breth. ren in the middle of the 16th century, and became their chief seat in Poland. Population (1890), 13,040. Li ardo (li-särʼdō). A conceited man-servant in Mrs. Cent livre's comedy “The Wonder.” His voluble love-affair with Flora forms the underplot of the play. List (list), Fried rich. Born at Reutlingen, Würtemberg, Aug. 6, 1789: committed suicide at Kufstein, Tyrol, Nov. 30, 1846. A noted German political economist. For an attack upon the government of Würtemberg he was imprisoned in 1822, and again in 1824. He emigrated to the United States in 1825; returned to Germany in 1832; and resided at Hamburg and later in Leipsic, Paris, and Augsburg. His chief works are "Outlines of a New System of Political Economy" (1827), "Das nation ale System der pol it is chen Ökonomie" ("The National System of Political Economy," 1841). Lista y Aragon (lēs'tä ë ä-rä-gōn'), Alberto. Born at Triana, near Seville, Spain, Oct. 15, 1775: died at Seville, Oct. 5, 1848. A Spanish lyric poet, critic, and mathematician. Lister (lis'ter), Joseph, first Baron Lister. Born April 5, 1827. An English surgeon, noted for his introduction of the antiseptic method of bandaging: profe or at King's College, London, 1877-92. Made a baronet 1883, and a baron 1896. Lister, Joseph Jackson. Born at London, Jan. 11, 1786: died Oct. 24, 1869. An English wine merchant and optician, noted for the improvements which he introduced in the construction of the object-gla es of microscopes, due to his discovery of the principle of aplanatic foci. Lister, Thomas Henry. Born near Lich field in 1800: died at Kent House, Knights bridge,