Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lorenzo

(in Edward Young's Nights Thoughts). An atheist, whose remorse ends in despair.

Lorenzo.
The suitor of the fair Jessica, daughter of Shylock the Jew. (Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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