. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... of the long Par-liament was the signal of his downfal. Hewas impeached, and confined during threeyears in the Tower. On his being broughtto trial he defended himself with greatcourage and acuteness. A bill of attainderwas at length passed against him by theCommons, and he was executed January 10,1644-5. Laud was intolerant, tyrannical,and superstitious; but it would be unjustto conceal that he was a patron of most interesting of his works is hisDiary. LAUDOHN, Gideon Ernes
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... of the long Par-liament was the signal of his downfal. Hewas impeached, and confined during threeyears in the Tower. On his being broughtto trial he defended himself with greatcourage and acuteness. A bill of attainderwas at length passed against him by theCommons, and he was executed January 10,1644-5. Laud was intolerant, tyrannical,and superstitious; but it would be unjustto conceal that he was a patron of most interesting of his works is hisDiary. LAUDOHN, Gideon Ernest, a dis-tinguished general, was born, in 1716, atTotzen, in Livonia. After having served,and been neglected, in the Russian army,he obtained a commission from MariaTheresa, rose to the highest rank, andcontributed greatly to the glory of theAustrian arms. In the seven years war,be was the most formidable antagonist ofFrederic, as that monarch found to hiscost at Hochkirchen, Kunnersdorf, Land-shut, Glatz, and Schweidnitz. In 1789 hetook Belgrade from the Turks; and hedied in the following year. LAV 35R. LAURENCE, Sir Thomas, a celebra-ted artist, was born, in 1769, at he was five years old, he was re-aiarkable for drawing likenesses and reci-ting poetry. Of education he received very ittle, but he acquired a large portion ofknowledge by reading. He was not morethan ten years old when his talents becamethe sole resource of his father and the restcf the family. For eight years he contin-\\ed to draw portraits at Oxford andBath; but in 1787 he took up his residence n the metropolis, and soon became a pop-ular painter. In 1791 he was admittedan associate, and, soon after, an , of the Royal Academy. Every\ear now added to his fame and fortune,in 1814 the Prince Regent employed himlO take portraits of the sovereigns andrarriors who visited England; in 1815 hewas knighted; in 1818 he was sent to Aixta Chapelle, to paint the members of the congress; in 1819
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