Illustrations of the author of Waverley : $b being notices and anecdotes of real characters, scenes, and incidents supposed to be described in his worksChambers, Robert
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Illustrations of the author of Waverley : $b being notices and anecdotes of real characters, scenes, and incidents supposed to be described in his works
Chambers, Robert
Scotland -- In literature; Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
contrived for her bear testimony:—
‘Here lyes our Auntie’s coffin, I am sure,
But where her bodie is I cannot tell,
Most men affirm they cannot well tell where,
Unless both soul and body be in h——.
It is just if all be true that’s said,
The witch of Endor[45] was a wretched sinner,
And if her coffin in the grave be laid,
Her bodie’s roasted to the D——l’s dinner.’
“The author of the ‘Tales of my Landlord,’ it must be allowed, has
never showed any backwardness to join in the cry against people of her
principles, but he has never been so summary in his conclusions as to
their fate.”
LUCY ASHTON AND BUCKLAW.
We derive the following curious notices respecting the Lucy Ashton and
Bucklaw of real life, from a rare volume, entitled “Tripatriarchicon;
or, the Lives of the Three Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Digested into English Verse, by Mr. Andrew Symson, M.A., late Minister
of Kinkinner. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author. 1705.” The following
Poem is one of thirteen elegies found appended to some rare copies of
the book, which were withdrawn from the greater part of the edition, on
account of the offence taken against them by the Whigs. Symson seems to
have been a sincere and zealous partizan of High Church, and does not
seem to have permitted any great man of his own party to die without an
appropriate elegy, accompanied by a cutting tirade upon his enemies.
“_On the unexpected death of the vertuous Lady_, Mrs. Janet
Dalrymple, _Lady_ Baldone, _Younger_.
Nupta, _Aug. 12_; Domum ducta, _Aug. 24_; Obiit, _Sept. 12_;
Sepult. _Sept. 30, 1669_.
_Dialogus inter advenam et servum domesticum._
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