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  century. She was zealous for the reformed religion, and was highly esteemed by Malherbe and Balzac, and all the greatest wits and princes of her time. She died in 1641, and left nine children by her husband, Charles de Rechignèvoisen, Lord des Leges, at one time gentleman in ordinary of the king's bed-chamber.

LOHMAN, JOHANNA FREDERICA, born in 1749, at Wittemberg. She was the daughter of the Professor of Law, J. D. Richter. She married the auditor Lohman in Schoenbeck, by Magdeburg. She lived at first in Leipzic, then in Magdeburg, and after the death of her husband again in Leipzic, where she died, in 1811. Most of her works were published anonymously. She wrote "The Jacobin," in 1794; "Clara of Wahburg," in 1796; "Carelessness and its Consequences," in 1805.

LOHMAN, EMELIE F. SOPHIE, of the above-mentioned lady, was born in 1784, at Schoenbeck, and died, in 1830, at Leipzic. She was a very prolific writer. Some of her best works are, "Winter Evenings," 1811; "Life and Poetry," 1820; and "New Tales," 1823.

LOIS AND EUNICE, and daughter, were Jewish women, and early believers in the Christian faith; they resided at Lystra, a city of Lycaonia. Eunice was the mother of Timothy, who was the first bishop of the Ephesians, and the favourite convert and friend of the apostle Paul. As the husband of Eunice was a Greek, the religious education of Timothy must have been entirely the work of his mother and grandmother. This is proved by what Paul says in his epistle to Timothy regarding the "unfeigned faith" of these two noble women. He judged the piety of this gifted young man by the measure of excellence they possessed; and if Timothy came up to this standard of the female soul, Paul was satisfied. Thus was the piety of woman held up as the pattern for the best of men, by the sternest and most masculine mind among the apostles. See Acts, chap. xvi., and 2 Timothy, chap. i.

LONDONDERRY, MARCHIONESS OF, birth Harriet Vane, has written an elaborate description of her travels and adventures, entitled, "Visit to the Courts of Vienna, Constantinople," etc., published in 1844, It is fortunate for literature that ladies of rank take an interest and a share in its productions.

LONGUEVILLE, DUCHESS DE, of the great Condé, was the daughter of Henry, Prince de Condé, and of Marguerite de Montmorenci. She married Henry d'Orleans, Duke de Longueville, who, though brave, intelligent, and virtuous, preferred a quiet and retired life; and soon withdrew from the wars of the Fronde, in which his wife had induced him to take an active part, to his own estate. The duchess, whose character was very different, embraced with warm ardour the views of that party, whose heroine she soon, from her high birth, beauty, and intrepidity, became. Her influence and charms were of great