Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lyttelton

invoked by Thomson in his Spring, was George, Lord Lyttelton, of Hagley, Worcestershire, who procured from the Prince of Wales a pension of 100 a year for the poet. Lucinda was Lucy Fortescue, daughter of Hugh Fortescue, of Devonshire.

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