Lollius, if a writer of that name existed at all, was a somewhat somewhere.—Coleridge.
London Antiquary (A). John Camden Hotten published his Dictionary of Modern Slang, etc., under this pseudonym.
London Bridge is Built on Woolpacks. In the reign of Henry II., Pious Peter, a chaplain of St. Mary Colechurch, in the Poultry, built a stone bridge in lieu of the wooden one which had been destroyed by fire. The king helped him by a tax on wool, and hence the saying referred to above.
Long (Tom), the hero of an old popular tale entitled The Merry Conceits of Tom Long, the Carrier, etc.
Long Peter, Peter Aartsen, the Flemish painter. He was so called from his extraordinary height (1507-1573).
Long-Sword (Richard), son of the “fair Rosamond” and Henry II. His brother was Geoffrey, archbishop of York.
Long-sword, the brave son of beauteous Rosamond.
Drayton, Polyolbion, xviii. (1613).
Long-Sword, William I., of Normandy, son of Rollo, assassinated by the count of Flanders (920-943).
Long Tom Coffin, a sailor of heroic character and most amiable disposition, introduced by Fenimore Cooper, in his novel called The Pilot. Fitzball has dramatized the story.