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See Cyzicus. The Century Cyclopedia of Names مسة aach (läch). A small lake in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, 16 miles west-northwest of Coblenz. Laaland (la'länd), or Loll and (lol'and). An island of Denmark, south of Zealand. the province of arms withral, Its surface is level. It forms Fal 37 miles. Area, 445 square miles. La Antigua (lä än-te'gwä). 1. One of the names given to the old colony of Darien: in full , Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darien .-2. Guatemala la Antigua. See Guatemala , Old . Laar, or Laer (lär), Pieter van. Born in the Netherlands about 1613: died at Haarlem, Netherlands, about 1674. A Dutch genre painter, called Bamboccio ('cripple'). He painted with much humor and naturalne , and his style was imitated so that "bambocciade" became a special artistic term applied to scenes of low life. Labadie, or La Badie (lä bä-dē'), Jean de. Born at Bourg-en-Guienne, France, Feb. 13, 1610: died at Altona, Pru ia, Feb. 13, 1674. A French mystic and separatist. Originally a Jesuit, he joined the Reformed Church in 1650, and founded a sect known as the Labadists. Labadists (lab'a-dists). The followers of Jean de Labadie. See Labadie . The Labadists were Chris tian communists. Among their tenets were denial of the obligation of Sabbath observance, on the ground that life is a perpetual sabbath; belief in the direct influence of the Holy Spirit; and belief in marriage as a holy ordinance valid only among believers, the children of the regenerate being born without original sin. The sect disappeared about the middle of the 18th century. Laban (lā'bạn). [Heb., 'white.'] A Syrian, father-in-law of the patriarch Jacob. Labanoff de Rostoff (lä-bä'nof de ros'tof), Prince Alexander. Born 1788: died at St. Petersburg, Dec. 8, 1866. A Ru ian general and historian. He wrote "Lettres, instructions, et mémoires de Marie Stuart, reine d'Eco e" (1844), etc. La Barre, Antoine le Fèvre de. See Barre . Labastida y Davalos (lä-bäs-te'dä ē dä vä-lōs), Pelagio Antonio de. Born at Zamora, Michoacan, March 21, 1816: died at Mexico City, Feb. 5, 1891. A Mexican ecclesiastic, bishop of Puebla from July 8, 1855, and archbishop of Mexico from March 19, 1863. He was a leader of the conservatives and church party in the struggles of 1856; was exiled; subsequently was active in the movement for an empire; was one of the regents in 1863; and was again exiled by Juarez in 1867. Labat (lä-bä'), Jean Baptiste. Born at Paris, 1663: died there, Jan. 6, 1738. A French Dominican mi ionary and author. From 1694 to 1705 he was stationed in the French West Indies. During this time he visited many French and English islands under government.commi ion. He published "Nouveau voyage aux îsles de l'Amérique, etc." (1st ed., 2 vols., 1724; 3d ed., with additions, 8 vols., 1742; Dutch and German translations), etc. Labé (lä-bā'), Louise, surnamed La belle Cordière ('the beautiful rope maker'). Born at Lyons, France, 1526: died at Lyons, March, 1566. The most important French female poet of the 16th centuryed In her youth she was a soldier, thor of elegies, sonnets, and a prose work, "Débat de la and was sometimes called Captain Loys. She was folie et de l'amour." Labeatis Lacus (la-be-ā'tis lā'kus). The ancient name of the Lake of Scutari. La Bella (lä bel'lä). [It., 'the beautiful.'] A portrait by Titian, in the Galleria Pitti, Florence. It is a three-quarter length of Eleonora Gonzaga, duche of Urbino, in a very rich damask robe of blue and gold, with white slashings. Labelye (läb-lē'), Charles. Born at Vevay, Switzerland, Aug. 12, 1705: died at Paris (?) about 1781. The architect of the first Westminster bridge. He came to England about 1725, and was appointed "engineer" of the bridge in May, 1738. The bridge was opened to the public Nov. 18, 1750. Laberius (la-bēʻri-us), Decimus. Born about 105 B. c.: died at Puteoli, Italy, Jan., 43 в.с. A Roman knight, author of mimes or popular farces, comic and satirical poems, an epic poem IMG:content-0684.png:[blocks in formation] Biscay about 1510: died in the Philippine Isl- France (1862) Paris en Amérique " (1863), "Recherches ands about 1580. A Spanish commander. He went to Mexico; accompanied Villa lobos to the Spice Isl ands in 1542, returning in 1549; was engaged in an attempt to settle Florida 1558-62; was royal factor of Legazpe's expedition to the Philippines in 1564; and after Legazpe's death, Aug. 20, 1572, remained in command of the conquests until Aug. 24, 1575. His reports on the Florida expedition and on the conquest of the Philippines were published in the "Cartas de Indias," 1877. Also writter Labazares. Labiau (lä'bē-ou). A small town in the province of East Pru ia, Pru ia, 26 miles east northeast of Königsberg. By a treaty concluded here in 1656, between Charles Gustavus of Sweden and Brandenburg over East Pru ia was recognized. Frederick William the Great Elector, the sovereignty of Labiche (lä-bēsh'), Eugène Marie. Born at Paris, May 5, 1815: died at Paris, Jan. 23, 1888. A French dramatist, author of numerous succe ful comedies, farces, and vaudevilles. He was elected a member of the Academy in 1880. A collected edition of his plays was i ued in 1879. Labienus (la-bi-ēnus), Quintus. Killed in Cilicia about 39 в.с. A Roman general, son of Titus Labienus. As a republican and Part hi an commander he invaded Syria and Asia Minor 40 and 39 B. C. Labienus, Titus. Killed at the battle of Munda, Spain, 45 B. C. A Roman general, distinguished as Cæsar's legate in the Gallic war. He joined the Pompeians in 49 B. c. Labillardière (lä-bē-yär-dyar'), Jacques Julien. Born at Alençon, France, Oct. 23, 1755: died at Paris, Jan. 8, 1834. A French naturalist and traveler. He published "Icones plant arum Syriæ" sur la condition civile et politique des femmes" (1843), translations of Channing's works, etc. Labour dan (lä-bör-don'), or Labourd (lä-bör'). A Basque district, situated mainly in the western part of the department of Ba es-Pyrénées, France. Labour donna is, or Labourdonnaie (lä-bör-donā'), Bertrand François Mahé de. Born at St.-Malo, France, Feb. 11, 1699: died Sept. 9, 1753. A French admiral, governor-general of the Isle of France and Isle of Bourbon. Не сарtured Madras in 1746. Labra (lä brä), Rafael Maria de. Born at Havana in 1841. A Cuban publicist, a resident of Madrid, Spain, since 1851. He has represented Porto Rico in several legislatures; was one of the leaders of the abolition party; and has published many works on slavery, emancipation, and kindred topics, besides historical studies on Spanish America, etc. Labrador (lab-ra-dor'). In an extended sense, a peninsula comprised between the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Atlantic, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay (the southern part of which is now included in Quebec, while the western part forms the Northeast Territory); in a restricted sense, a dependency of Newfoundland, including the coast from Cape Chudleigh to the Strait of Belle-Isle. The surface is rugged, the climate rigorous. Labrador has important fisheries. The inhabitants are mainly Eskimos, Indians, and French. The interior near the Grand Falls has been recently explored by American parties.. It was di scovered by the Norsemen; and in 1497 by the Cabots. It was named by G. Cortereal (1791-1812), "Nove Hollandite plant arum specimen (1804-15 "Relation du voyage à la recherche de La Pérouse pendant les années 1791-1792" (1800), etc. Lablache (lä-bläsh'), Luigi. Born at Naples, Dec. 6,1794: died there, Jan. 23, 1858. An opera singer of French-Irish descent (his mother was Irish), regarded as the chief ba o of modern times. He made his first appearance in opera at Naples in 1812, and from this time till 1856, when his health began to fail, he sang with great succe . His voice, "when he chose, easily exceeded the tones of the instruments that accompanied it." Laborde (lä-bōrd'), Alexandre Louis Joseph, Comte de. Born at Paris, Sept. 17, 1773: died there, Oct. 24, 1842. A French scholar and man of letters, son of J. J. Laborde. He wrote "Voyage pit to res que et hist or i que en Espagne" (1807-18), etc. Laborde, Léon Emmanuel Simon Joseph, Comte de. Born at Paris, June 15, 1807: died there, March 25, 1869. A French archæologist and traveler in Egypt, Arabia, and Asia Minor, son of A. L. J. de Laborde. He wrote "Voyage en Orient, etc.” (1837–64), etc. Labouchere (lä-bö-shar'), Henry, Lord Taunton. Born Aug. 15, 1798: died at London, July 13, 1869. An English politician, of Huguenot descent, created Baron Taunton of Taunton Aug. 18, 1859. The Labouchere family (of which Henry's father was the first to live in England) left France at the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and settled in Holland,