[369] He was the brother of the Rev. John M'Aulay (post, Oct. 25), the grandfather of Lord Macaulay.
[370] See ante, ii. 51.
[371] In Scotland, there is a great deal of preparation before administering the sacrament. The minister of the parish examines the people as to their fitness, and to those of whom he approves gives little pieces of tin, stamped with the name of the parish as tokens, which they must produce before receiving it. This is a species of priestly power, and sometimes may be abused. I remember a lawsuit brought by a person against his parish minister, for refusing him admission to that sacred ordinance. BOSWELL.
[372] See post, Sept. 13 and 28.
[373] Mr. Trevelyan (Life of Macaulay, ed.1877, i. 6) says: 'Johnson pronounced that Mr. Macaulay was not competent to have written the book that went by his name; a decision which, to those who happen to have read the work, will give a very poor notion my ancestor's abilities.'
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'The thane of Cawdor lives, A prosperous gentleman.' |
Macbeth, act i. sc. 3.
[375] According to Murray's Handbook, ed. 1867, p. 308, no part of the castle is older than the fifteenth century.
[376] See post, Nov. 5.