Boat at sea, society compared to a, [44, 163];
how truly and how falsely, ib.
Boerhaave, Johnson’s account of, [32, 7];
teacher of Scott’s maternal grandfather, ib.;
naturally quick of resentment,—how cured of this, [32, 8] (note).
Bondage worse than that of Egypt, [46, 231].
Bones, boiled, [27, 18].
Book, our most current, written in three languages, [25, 10];
not readable, unless the mind is one with the author’s, [25, 15].
Bookcase, the author’s, [30, 1].
Books, what, read by rising middle classes about London, [29, 5];
Scott’s, when a child, [33, 11], [15];
change for the better, Mudie and ‘Good Words,’ [33, 11];
Ramsey’s tea-table, this compared with Knatchbull-Hugessen’s Tales at tea-time, [33, 12].
Border, morals, [31, 8];
of Scotland, [32, 13];
pre-eminently a singing country, ib.;
beauty of, in summer time, [33, 10]. [[5]]
Borrowing and lending, [38, 41].
Boy or girl, advice to, [46, 233].