Lord Strutt. Charles II., of Spain, is so called by Dr. Arbuthnot, in his History of John Bull (1712).
Every one must remember the paroxysm of rage into which poor Lord Strutt fell, on hearing that his runaway servant, Nic. Frog, his clothier, John Bull, and his old enemy, Lewis Baboon, had come with quadrants, poles, and ink-horns, to survey his estate, and to draw his will for him.—Macaulay.
Lord Thomas and Annet had a lovers’ quarrel; whereupon, Lord Thomas, in his temper, went and offered marriage to the nut-brown maid who had houses and lands. On the wedding day, Annet went to the church, and Lord Thomas gave her a rose, but the nut-brown maid killed her with a “bodkin from her head-gear.” Lord Thomas, seeing Annet fall, plunged his dagger into the heart of the murderess, and then stabbed himself. Over the graves of Lord Thomas and the lair Annet grew “a bonny briar, and by this ye may ken that they were lovers dear.” In some versions of this story Annet is called “Elinor.”—Percy, Reliques, etc., III. iii.
Lord of Crazy Castle, John Hall Stevenson, author of Crazy Tales (in verse). J. H. Stevenson lived at Skelton Castle, which was nicknamed “Crazy Castle” (1718-1780).
Lord of the Isles, Donald of Islay, who in 1346 reduced the Hebridês under his sway. The title of “lord of the Isles” had been borne by others for centuries before, was borne by Stevenson’s successors, and is now one of the titles of the prince of Wales.
Sir W. Scott has a metrical romance entitled The Lord of the Isles (1815).
Loredani (Giacomo), interpreter of King Richard I.—Sir W. Scott, The Talisman (time, Richard I.).
Loreda´no (James), a Venetian patrician, and one of the Council of Ten. Loredano was the personal enemy of the Fos´cari.—Byron, The Two Foscari (1820).
Lorelei. Syren, fabled to dwell in the Rhine, and sitting on the rocks, to lure by her song passers-by to destruction.
Loren´zo, a young man with whom Jes´sica, the daughter of the Jew, Shylock, elopes.—Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (1698).