8
Probably Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads had not as yet been published.
9
Probably Dr. Hutton, the celebrated geologist.
10
(Milton's Comus.)
11
(Lycidas.)
12
The shadow of the person who sees the phantom, being reflected upon a cloud of mist, like the image of the magic lantern upon a white sheet, is supposed to have formed the apparition.
13
Supposed to have been suggested by the old Abbey of Arbroath in Forfarshire.
14
The king's keys are, in law phrase, the crow-bars and hammers used to force doors and locks, in execution of the king's warrant.
15
Links, or torches.
16
The author cannot remember where these lines are to be found: perhaps in Bishop Hall's Satires. [They occur in Book iv. Satire iii.]
17
It is, I believe, a piece of free-masonry, or a point of conscience, among the Scottish lower orders, never to admit that a patient is doing better. The closest approach to recovery which they can be brought to allow, is, that the pairty inquired after is 'Nae waur.'
18
This refers to the flight of the government forces at the battle of Prestonpans, 1745.
19
Supposed to represent Glammis Castle, in Forfarshire, with which the Author was well acquainted.
20
A single soldier means, in Scotch, a private soldier.
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22
Pousowdie,—Miscellaneous mess.
