Chapter Lift up the Voice to Lilis of L by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Light Gains make a heavy Purse Small profits and a quick return, is the best way of gaining wealth. French, “Le petit gain remplit la bourse;” Italian, “I guadagni mediocri empiono la borsa.”

Light of One's Countenance (The). The bright smile of approbation and love.

“Lift up the light of Thy countenance on us.”- Psalm iv. 6.

Light of the Age Maimonides or Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, of Cordova (1135-1204).

Light of the Harem The Sultana Nourmahal', afterwards called Nourjehan (Light of the World). She was the bride of Selim. (Thomas Moore: Lalla Rookh.)

Lighthouse The most celebrated of antiquity was the one erected by Ptolemy Soter in the island of Pharos, opposite Alexandria. Josephus says it could be seen at the distance of 42 miles. It was one of the “seven wonders” of the ancient world.
   Of modern lighthouses the most famous are the Eddystone, 14 miles S.W. of Plymouth Sound; the Tour de Corduan, at the entrance of the Gironde, in France; and the Bell Rock, which is opposite the Frith of Tay.
   The largest lighthouses are:- (1) The lighthouse at Hell Gate in New York, 250 feet high, with 9 electric lamps of 6,000 candle-power each. (2) The Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, in New York harbour, 220 feet high. (3) One in Genoa, Italy, 210 feet in height. (4) Cape Hatteras Light, which is 189 feet high. (5) Eddystone Lighthouse is 85 feet high, and lights a radius of 17 miles.

Lightning [Barca]. Hamilcar of Carthage was called “Barca,” both on account of the rapidity of his march and also for the severity of his attacks. (B.C. 247-228.)
   Chain lightning. Two or more flashes of lightning repeated without intermission.
   Forked lightning. Zig-zag lightning.    Globular lightning. A meteoric ball [of fire], which sometimes falls on the earth and flies off with an explosion.

Lightning Conductor A metal rod raised above a building with one end in the earth, to carry off the lightning and prevent its injuring the building.
    It must be pointed at the top extremity to ensure a quiet discharge.

Lightning Preservers The most approved classical preservatives against lightning were the eagle, the sea-calf, and the laurel. Jupiter chose the first, Augustus Caesar the second, and Tiberius the third. (Columella, x.; Sueton. in Vit. Aug., xc.; ditto in Vit. Tib., lxix.) (See House-Leek.)
   Bodies scathed and persons struck dead by lightning were said to be incorruptible; and anyone so distinguished was held by the ancients in great honour. (J. C. Bullenger: De Terrae Motu, etc., v. 11.)

Lightning Proof A building protected by lightning conductors (one or more).

Lightning Rod (A). (See Lightning Conductor .)

Liguorians A congregation of missionary priests called also Redemptorists, founded in 1732, by St. Alphonsus Liguori. Their object is the religious instruction of the people, and the reform of public morality.

Ligurian Arts Deception, trickery.

Ligurian Republic (The). Venetia, Genoa, and a part of Sardinia, tied up in one bundle by Napoleon I. in 1797, and bound with a constitution similar to that of the French “Directory,” so called from Liguria, pretty well commensurate with these districts. It no longer exists.

Ligurian Sage (The). Aulus Persius Flaccus, born at Volaterrae, in Etruria, according to ancient authors; and at Lunae Portus, in Liguria, according to some modern authorities. (A.D. 34-62.) (See Satires, vi. 6.)

Lilburn Shawl The name of a place in Wensleydale, Yorkshire. Shawl is shaw, a hill; shaw'l = shaw- hill.