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The Poetry of the Gentleman’s Magazine, 1731 – 1800:
An Electronic Database of Titles, Authors, and First Lines
– An Ongoing Project –

Emily Lorraine de Montluzin


La Rivière, Louis de (French prisoner of war, captured in 1757).  32 (1762): 333.

Lackington, James (bookseller; 1746-1815).  65-i (1795): 328.

Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus (rhetorician; ca. 240-ca. 320).  35 (1765): 423.

Lacy, George.  41 (1771): 328.

Lambe, Rev. Robert (clergyman; 1712-95).  53-i (1783): 336-338.

Landen, John (mathematician; 1719-90).  14 (1744): 328; 23 (1753): 191.

Lane, Rev. John, of Sawbridgeworth (clergyman; ca. 1760-1817).  61-ii (1791): 1118.

Langhorne, Rev. John (poet and translator of Plutarch; 1735-79).  25 (1755): 374; 26 (1756): 354; 28 (1758): 434; 31 (1761): 232; 32 (1762): 87, 235; 41 (1771): 231.

Langhorne, Rev. William (poet; 1721-72).  27 (1757): 181.

Langley, Margaret (of Snelson, Derbys.).  69-i (1799): 62-63.

Langrishe, Sir Hercules (Member of the Irish Parliament; 1731-1811).  57-i (1787): 437-438 [?].

Latham, Mrs. -----, of Ellham.  63-i (1793): 298.

Latter, Mary (poet and miscellaneous writer; bapt. 1722; d. 1777).  34 (1764): 91-92.

Lauder, William (ca. 1710-ca. 1771; literary forger).  17 (1747): 86.

Law, John, Bishop (successively) of Clonfert, Killala, and Elphin (divine; 1745-1810).  33 (1763): 306.

Lawrence, James Henry (poet and miscellaneous writer; 1773-1840).  62-ii (1792): 1040 (3), 1136 (4).

Lawson, Dr. John, of Trinity College, Dublin (writer on oratory; 1708/9-59).  35 (1765): 478.

Lawson, H.  60-i (1790): 260 [?].

Layng, Rev. Henry, the Elder (clergyman; b. ca. 1698).  17 (1747): 190-191; 19 (1749): 86, 134.

Le Guay, Père N. (émigré priest).  69-i (1799): 324-325.

Le Maistre, John Gustavus (barrister; b. ca. 1769).  63-ii (1793): 666.

Le Noir, Abbé (Grand Vicar of Angers).  66-ii (1796): 647.

Leapor, Mary (poet; 1722-46).  25 (1755): 374.

Lee, Sir Henry (probably Elizabeth I’s personal champion and master of ordnance; 1533-1611).  59-ii (1789): 843 [?].

Lee, Sophia Priscilla (playwright and novelist; bapt. 1750; d. 1824).  64-ii (1794): 842.

Leftley, Charles (poet and parliamentary reporter for The Times; 1770-97).  63-i (1793): 461-462.

Legat, Francis (engraver; 1755-1809).  59-ii (1789): 940 [?].

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von (mathematician and philosopher; 1646-1716).  61-ii (1791): 900.

Leigh, Charles, of Adlington (d. 1781).  17 (1747): 39, 144-145.

Lemoine, Henry (bookseller and publisher; 1756-1812).  54-i (1784): 454-455; 59-i (1789): 555; 60-i (1790): 449-450; 64-i (1794): [ii], 65, 164-165; 65-i (1795): 64; 65-ii (1795): [ii], 1104; 66-i (1796): [ii], 328; 67-ii (1797): 596; 68-i (1798): unpaginated front matter (final page of index to the 68-i volume), unpaginated front matter (preceding the title page of the 68-i volume); 68-ii (1798): 1135; 69-i (1799): 147; 69-ii (1799): [544] (facing title page for the July 1799 number); 70-ii (1800): [ii].

Lennox, Charlotte (novelist and poet; 1730/31?-1804).  20 (1750): 518-519, 519; 27 (1757): 372, 564, 564-565, 565.

Leslie, G. J.  53-i (1783): 338-339; 53-ii (1783): 694-695, 783, 869-870, 870, 871; 54-i (1784): 288; 55-ii (1785): 818.

Lettice, Rev. John (poet and clergyman; 1737-1832).  53-ii (1783): 811.

Lettsom, Dr. John Coakley (physician and philanthropist; 1744-1815).  70-i (1800): 437 [?].

Lewis, David (bookseller and poet; 1683?-1760).  49 (1779): 367.

Lewis, Joseph (impoverished poet and worker in ivory; fl. 1750-74).  55-ii (1785): 780.

Lewis, Matthew Gregory (author of The Monk; 1775-1818).  66-ii (1796): 773-774.

Lewis, Rev. Francis, of Chiswick.  22 (1752): 469 (3).

Lewis, Richard (of Maryland; ca. 1700-34).  2 (1732): 669-671; 3 (1733): 209-210, 264.

Leyden, Dr. John (physician, poet, and orientalist; 1775-1811).  68-i (1798): 521-522.

Lickorish, Dr. Richard (physician; of Brandon near Coventry).  60-i (1790): 553; 60-ii (1790): 745; 62-i (1792): 263.

Lillie, Ralph.  6 (1736): 158 (2).

Linley, William (song-writer and East India Company official, 1771-1835).  61-ii (1791): 851.

Lipscomb, Rev. William (poet and miscellaneous writer; 1754-1742).  53-ii (1783): 782-783, 869; 68-i (1798): 426, 518-519; 69-ii (1799): 790-791.

Lister, Thomas (of Lichfield; ca. 1773-1828).  58-i (1788): 61-62, 252, 446 (3); 58-ii (1788): 916 (with Rev. Henry Francis Cary), 1105; 59-i (1789): 161-162; 59-ii (1789): 841; 61-i (1791): 260-261; 63-i (1793): 261; 68-ii (1798): 612.

Litchfield, John (d. 1858).  65-ii (1795): 596-597.

Little, Robert (of Norfolk; poet).  12 (1742): 214.

Littleton, Rev. Edward (divine, sermon-writer, and poet; bapt. 1698; d. 1733).  7 (1737): 446; 8 (1738): 42.

Lloyd, Evan (poet; 1734-76).  36 (1766): 35; 42 (1772): 239.

Lloyd, Nathaniel.  47 (1777): 88.