Lorenzo, an atheist and reprobate, whose remorse ends in despair.—Dr. Young, Night Thoughts (1742-6).
⁂ Some affirm that Lorenzo is meant for the poet’s own son.
Lorenzo (Colonel), a young libertine in Dryden’s drama, The Spanish Fryar (1680).
Lorimer, one of the guard at Ardenvohr Castle.—Sir W. Scott, Legend of Montrose (time, Charles I.).
Loriot, “the confidante and servante” of Louis XV. Loriot was the inventor of lifts, by which tables descended, and rose again covered with viands and vines.
The shifting sideboard plays its humble part,
Beyond the triumphs of a Loriot’s art.
S. Rogers, Epistle to a Friend (1798).
Lorma, wife of Erragon, king of Sora, in Scandinavia. She fell in love with Aldo, a Caledonian officer in the king’s army. The guilty pair escaped to Morven, which Erragon forthwith invaded. Erragon encountered Aldo in single combat, and slew him; was himself slain in battle by Gaul, son of Morni; and Lorma died of grief.—Ossian, The Battle of Lora.
Lorn (M’Dougal of), a Highland chief in the army of Montrose.—Sir W. Scott, Legend of Montrose (time, Charles I.).