Footnote 62: See Preface to Waverley, 1829.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 63: Life of Scott, by Mr. Allan, p. 53.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 64: ["Long life to thy fame and peace to thy soul, Rob Burns! When I want to express a sentiment which I feel strongly, I find the phrase in Shakespeare—or thee."—Journal, December 11, 1826.][Back to Main Text]
Footnote 65: Introduction to Rob Roy.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 66: Mr. Edmonstone died 19th April, 1840.—(1848.)[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 67: "Dinna steer him," says Hobbie Elliot; "ye may think Elshie's but a lamiter, but I warrant ye, grippie for grippie, he'll gar the blue blood spin frae your nails—his hand's like a smith's vice."—Black Dwarf, chap. xvii.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 68: Author of the famous Essay on dividing the Line in Sea-fights.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 69: Compare The Antiquary, chap. iv.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 70: The most remarkable of these antique heads was so highly appreciated by another distinguished connoisseur, the late Earl of Buchan, that he carried it off from Mr. Clerk's museum, and presented it to the Scottish Society of Antiquaries—in whose collection, no doubt, it may still be admired.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 71: Rob Roy, chap. xii.[Back to Main Text]