[396] Lockhart, Vol. III, p. 350.
[397] Ibid., Vol. II, p. 508.
[398] Lockhart, Vol. IV, p. 229.
[399] When Constable was proposing to publish the poetry of the novels separately, Scott wrote to him that it was beyond his own power to distinguish what was original from what was borrowed, and suggested the following Advertisement for the book:
"We believe by far the greater part of the poetry interspersed through these novels to be original compositions by the author. At the same time the reader will find passages which are quoted from other authors, and may probably debit more of these than our more limited reading has enabled us to ascertain. Indeed, it is our opinion that some of the following poetry is neither entirely original nor altogether borrowed, but consists in some instances of passages from other authors, which the author has not hesitated to alter considerably, either to supply defects of his own memory, or to adapt the quotation more explicitly and aptly to the matter in hand." (Constable's Correspondence, Vol. III, pp. 222-3.)
[400] "I have taught nearly a hundred gentlemen to fence very nearly, if not altogether, as well as myself," he said. (Journal, Vol. I, p. 167. See also pp. 273-5.)
[401] Journal, Vol. I, pp. 275-6; Lockhart, Vol. V, p. 45.
[402] Lockhart, Vol. IV, pp. 322 and 492; Vol. V, p. 186.
[403] Ibid., Vol. IV, p. 110.
[404] Journal, Vol. II, p. 106, and Lockhart, Vol. V, p. 162.