"Laurence, Lord Horn"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/16/2009 10:00 PM, William Salmon wrote:
> > Yet nary a one for "Laurence, Lord Horn".  Is that fair, I ask you?
>
>Well, there is a "Lord Horn" described in this 1796 book:

Perhaps we should let Laurence, Lord Horn blow his own.

Joel


>"The Entertaining Adventures of Lord Horn, and Sir Henry Way, in Italy."
>With a description of the carnival in Venice. : Also, the duels they
>fought; the dangers they escaped; and their safe arrival in England.
>: Likewise, the curious manner two Italian ladies contrive to follow them.
>
>http://tiny.cc/horn612
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> > LH
> >
> > >On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > >>  Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> > >>  Subject:      Re: "Lord Alfred" or "Alfred, Lord"?
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> > >>
> > >>  Well, they've done away with {Forename,] Cardinal [Surname]!
> What did you
> > >>  expect?! Expect "Lord George G. Byron" any day, now.
> > >>  -Wilson
> > >>
> > >>  On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> > >>  <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
> > >>
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> > >>  > Subject:      "Lord Alfred" or "Alfred, Lord"?
> > >>  >
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> > >>  >
> > >>  > Smiling my sardonic "what-did-you-expect?" smile, I used to correct
> > >>  > students
> > >>  > who infallibly referred to "Lord Alfred Tennyson."
> > >>  >
> > >>  > I'd still do it, although these days I can't muster even a sardonic
> > >>  smile=
> > >>  .
> > >>  > Google shows that "Alfred, Lord Tennyson,"
> > >>  > outnumbers the other chap by nearly ten to one, at least in raw hits.
> > >>  >
> > >>  > But "Lord Alfred" is on the rise:
> > >>  >
> > >>  > 2009 Samantha Henig "Periscope" in _Newsweek_ (Jan. 12): Lord Alfred
> > >>  > Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
> > >>  > JL
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