Gray Days and Gold in England and ScotlandWinter, William
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Gray Days and Gold in England and Scotland
Winter, William
Great Britain -- Description and travel; Literary landmarks -- Great Britain
[47] 1896. The building is, if possible, to be made a museum of relics
of Johnson. It is now a lodging-house. Its exterior has recently been
repaired. Johnson is the name of its present owner.
[48] Thomas Jefferson, 1728-1807, was a contemporary and friend of
Garrick, and a member of his company, at various times, at Drury Lane.
He was the great-grandfather of Joseph Jefferson, famous in Rip Van
Winkle.
[49] On the stone that marks this sepulchre are inscriptions, which may
suitably be preserved in this chronicle:
"Alexander Campbell Esquire, of Ederline. Died 2^d October, 1841. In
his 76^{th} year.
Matilda Campbell. Second daughter of William Campbell Esq., of
Ederline. Died on the 21^{st} Nov^r 1842. In her 6^{th} year.
William Campbell Esq., of Ederline. Died 15^{th} January 1855, in his
42^{nd} year.
Lachlan Aderson Campbell. His son. Died January 27^{th}, 1859. In his
5^{th} year."
[John Campbell, the eldest son of Alexander, died February 26, 1855,
aged 45, and was buried in the Necropolis, at Toronto, Canada. His
widow, Janet Tulloch Campbell, a native of Wick, Caithness, died at
Toronto, August 24, 1878, aged 65, and was buried beside him.]
[50] It is a small oval glass, of which the rim is fashioned with
crescents, twenty-two of them on each side.
[51] Chapters on Iona, Staffa, Glencoe, and other beauties of Scotland
may be found in my books, which are companions to this one, called _Old
Shrines and Ivy_ and _Brown Heath and Blue Bells_.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained.
"Corse" is an archaic form of "corpse". "Oftens" is an archaic adverb.
Page 121, added "a" (after a Worcester fight)
Page 311, changed "along" to "alone" (standing alone among ruins)
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