[65] The letter H. is blotted in the MS.
[66] It was thus that, according to his account, a certain celebrated singer and actor used frequently to pronounce the word "enthusiasm."
[67] Mrs. Mule.
[68] Some remark which he told me had been made with respect to the frequent use of the demonstrative pronoun both by himself and by Sir W. Scott.
[69] Verses to Lady J * * (containing an allusion to Lord Byron), which I had written, while at Chatsworth, but consigned afterwards to the flames.
[70] A seal, with the head of Anacreon, which I had given him.
[71] I had taken the liberty of laughing a little at the manner in which some of his Hebrew Melodies had been set to music.
[72] The verses enclosed were those melancholy ones, now printed in his works, "There's not a joy the world can give like those it takes away."
[73] The MS. was in the handwriting of Lady Byron.
[74] These allusions to "a speech" are connected with a little incident, not worth mentioning, which had amused us both when I was in town. He was rather fond (and had been always so, as may be seen in his early letters,) of thus harping on some conventional phrase or joke.