[175] Shrivelled.
[176] Confound.
[177] Empty.
[178] It was of this minister, Mr. Thom of Govan, that Sir Walter Scott remarked "that he had demolished all his own chances of a Glasgow benefice, by preaching before the town council from a text in Hosea, 'Ephraim's drink is sour.'"
[179] Empty.
[180] Basket for fish.
[181] Well advanced.
[182] Wearied.
[183] I have abundant evidence to prove that a similar answer to that which Dr. Alexander records to have been made to Mr. Gillespie has been given on similar occasions by others.
[184] Oats heavy in bulk.