Went to God for a glorified soul.”
Rossiter Johnson, Idler and Poet (1883).
Laurie, favorite playfellow of Little Women, and when they are no longer “little,” the husband of Amy.—L.M. Alcott, Little Women.
Laurringtons ([(]The), a novel by Mrs. Trollope, a satire on “superior people,” the bustling Bothebys of society (1843).
Lauzun (The duke de), a courtier in the court of Louis XIV. Licentious, light-hearted, unprincipled and extravagant. To promote his own fortune, he supplanted La Vallière by Mde. de Montespan in the king’s favor. Montespan thought he loved her; but when he proposed to La Vallière, the discarded favorite, Mde. de Montespan dismissed him. The duke, in revenge, persuaded the king to banish the lady, and when La Vallière took the veil, the king sent Mde. de Montespan this cutting epistle:
We do not blame you; blame belongs to love,
And love had nought with you.
The duke de Lauzun, of these lines the bearer,
Confirms their purport. From our royal court
We do excuse your presence.