[581] {440}"Anent" was a Scotch phrase meaning "concerning"—"with regard to: "it has been made English by the Scotch novels; and, as the Frenchman said, "If it be not, ought to be English." [See, for instance, The Abbot, chap. xvii. 132.]
But "Damme's" simple—dashing—free and daring
The purest blasphemy——.—[MS.]
About such general matters—but particular
A poem's progress should be perpendicular.—[MS.]
[582] {441}[Macbeth, act iii. sc. 4, line 63.]
[KV] Blushed, too, but it was hidden by their rouge.—[MS. erased.]
[KW] The natural and the prepared ceruse.—[MS. erased.]