[13] Boswell has appended this note. “Who has not heard of ‘Every man soap his own beard’—the reigning phrase for ‘Every man in his humor’? Upon this foundation B—— instituted a jovial society, called the Soaping Club.”
[14] An Edinburgh tavern.
[15] The name of this Soaper has not been discovered.
[16] Throughout his whole career Boswell entertained the idea that his mind was imperfectly balanced.
[17] Letters between the Honourable Andrew Erskine and James Boswell, Esq. London, 1763, 8vo.
[18] “Archibald Constable and his Correspondents.” Edinburgh, 1873, 8vo, vol. I., p. 32.
[19] Mrs. Davies was originally an actress, and was celebrated as a beauty.
[20] Boswell’s letter at New Hailes.
[21] Boswell’s “Life of Johnson.”
[22] Original letter at New Hailes.