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Esq. ii. 43, 199, 203.

Misses, ii. 199, 200.

Plunkett, Lord, viii. 23, 42.

vii. 3, 15.

reform, ix. 131.

trials, (1794); i. 307.

"POACHERS, The," an imitation of Pollio, Roman villa, ruins of, x. 157.

Crabbe, ii. 173.

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Polwarth, Lord. [See Hugh Scott of
Harden.]

"Polydore," ballad of, iv. 39; vii.

171.

Pomona,mainland of Orkney, iv.253.
Pompeii, excursion to, x. 158.
Pondicherry, iv. 160.

Ponsonby, Governor Sir F., Malta,.
x. 132.

the Hon. Dr. viii. 19.

the Hon. Miss, Llangollen, viii.
47-51.

Pontopiddan's "Natural history of
Norway," iv. 217.

Poor Laws, the, v. 239.

octo-syllabic stanza, iii. 263,320. Poor, treatment of the, v. 224, 239,

descriptive, iv. 20.

sacred, iv. 32, 33.

narrative, iv. 135.

289, 304; vi. 17, 184-5; vii. 322.
Pope, i. 131; iii. 80; iv. 104, 163.
Pope's "Homer," i. 36; iii. 263.

of Lord Byron, v. 31, 32 n. ; vi. Popery. [See Catholicism.]

176; x. 160.

of Crabbe, iv. 35, 37.

of Dryden, ii. 41, 287-9, 311.;

iii. 70-78.

of Mrs. Hemans, vii. 172.

of Johnson, iii. 269.

"Popular Poetry, and Imitations of
the Ancient Ballad." [See Essays

on.]

Porpoises, vi. 263.

Port Coon, cave of, iv. 361.
Portland, Duke of, iii. 201-2.

of Wordsworth, iii. 32; vi. 283; Portraits and other pictures at Ab

ix. 63, 90.

Scott's estimate of his own, vii.
3, 171.
"Poetry contained in the Waverley
Novels," publication of, vii. 23, 24.
Poets and Novelists, viii. 27.
Poisoning, trial in a case of, ix. 90.
Pole, Mr Fred. letter from, with of-
fer of money, viii. 204-5.
Police, commissioners of, viii. 249.
Polier, Baron de, vi. 153, 194.
Politics, viii. 170, 201-2.
Political aggression, iv. 184-5.

consistency, ix. 112-13, 129-30.

botsford, vi. 20; vii. 403-5, 407.
Port Rush, iv. 358, 372, 390.
Portsmouth, visit to, x. 122.
Pozzo di Borgo, Russian minister at

Paris, viii. 407; ix. 26, 37.
Pozzuoli, visit to, x. 155, 168.
"Pragmatic Sanction," i. 35 n.
Predestination, viii. 237.
Pre-existence,speculations on a sense.
of, ix. 215-6.

Presbyterian Church, x, 244.
Preston, Sir Robert, Bart, ix. 342-3,
Prestonpans, Scott's residence at, in
1779, i. 32. Revisited, i. 68; ix.
349.

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Mr Thomas, original editor of
"Blackwood's Magazine," v. 213.
Sketch of, ix. 17 n.

Prior, Mathew, his "Alma" and
"Solomon," x. 80, 81.
Prison reform, ix. 217.

"Private Letters of the 17th Cen-
tury," projected publication of, vi.
408. Specimen of, 409-13.
Privy Councillor, proposal of "a
sage," viii. 399.

rank of, declined, ix. 349.
Proctor, Peter, Esq. Glammis, i. 296.
Profession, advice on the choice of
one, vi. 224-5.

-s, learned, vii. 273.

overstocked, vii. 304.
"PROSE WORKS, MISCELLANE-
OUS," first collection of, in 6 vols.
published in 1827, ix. 124.
Prosing bores, v. 395; vi. 234.
"PROVINCIAL ANTIQUTIES OF
SCOTLAND," 2 Vols. 4to, publish.
ed in 1818, vi. 19, 20.

Prussians in France, 1815, v. 76, 78,

79.

Public buildings, ix. 23.

Pulci, i. 64.

Pulpit eloquence, ix. 204.

Punishment by death, ix. 208.

Purdie, Charles, vi. 239, 246.

Thomas, promoted from a
poacher into the service of Scott,
ii. 192. His peculiarities, v. 297,
304-5, 371; vi. 56, 130; viii. 191,
194, 315. Description of his per-
son, vi. 188. Anecdotes of, 189,
193 n.; vii. 183, 312, 313, 316; ix.
32 n. His death and epitaph, 332-3;
x. 114.

- v. 94, 168, 377; vii. 216, 247,

365; viii. 165, 307, 309, 328; ix.
281, 353; x. 123.
Purgstall, Countess of, Letter to
Scott on her marriage, ii. 4 n. Her
bereavements, vi. 396. Affecting
letter of Scott to, 398.
Pyramids of Egypt, interesting
only from association, iv. 42, 43:
ix. 303.

"Quaighs," Highland, v. 340, 374;
vi. 250.

Quarantine, x. 129, 132, 146.
"Quarterly Review, The," Pro-
jection of, iii. 129; Scott's Letters
to Ellis on, 127, 142; to Mr Gif-
ford, 133; to Thomas Scott, 147:
10 Mr Sharp, 163; and to Mr
Morritt,167; publication of,com-
menced in February, 1809, 188;
Scott's contributions to, ib. 262;
v. 285, 306; vi. 6; viii. 181, 295;
ix. 124, 182, 258; notice of Trier.
main, iv. 60; of "Waverley, "403;
of "The Lord of the Isles," v.
26; of "Old Mortality,” 173,
174; of "The Pirate," vi. 423;
of "Miss Austen's Novels,"
vii. 4.

iii. 157, 162, 197; vii. 264; ix.
271.

"QUEENHOO-HALL, "4 vols. Strutt's
Romance of, published by Scott,
iii. 83.

Queensberry, Duke of, vii. 239; viii.
392.

"QUENTIN DURWARD," 3 vols. in | Ravensworth, Lord, x. 56.

progress, vii. 106-7, 117, 127;
publication of, in June, 1823, 161;
success of, 163; on the Continent,
ib.; criticism f, by Mr Senior,
163-167.

Quillen Mountains, iv. 306, n. 308,
310-314.

R

Rachrin, Isle of, iv. 363.

Radcliffe, Dr, iv. 81.

-

Mrs, Novels of, x. 193.

Radica! Reformers, v. 188-9; vi.

119, 124, 139; alarms occasioned
by, in 1819, 146; 1820, 228.

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Castle, Wellington and Scott
at, ix. 163.

Ravenswood, Villa of, x. 57 n.
Ravishment," ix. 25, 27, 32.
Reay, Lord, country of, iv. 278,
291; tenantry of, 292.
Recipes for illness, vi. 489.
Reden, Baron, i. 208 n.
"REDGAUNTLET," 3 vols. publica-
tion of, in June, 1824, vii. 213;
remarks on its characters, 213-14.
i. 218, 242-3, 245, 249, 251-2;
viii. 23.

Rees, Mr Owen, ii. 227, 246-7, 284;
v. 25; vi. 128.

Rae, Mr Clestrom, iv. 264-7, 275, Reform, Political, ix. 131.
276.

Right Hon. Sir William, Bart.,
i. 163, 208, 356; v. 83; vi. 22, 23,
140; viii. 121, 198, 280; ix. 101.

Sir David. See Lord Eskgrove.
Raeburn, Sir Henry, his portraits
of Scott, iii. 99, 153; vi. 38, 50;
vii. 13; viii. 370; x. 260, 261;
knighted by King George IV.
vii. 78; his death, 79.

Lady, (Scott) aunt of Sir
Walter, viii. 383.
"Ragman's Roll," the Bannatyne
Club edition, ii. 145 n.
Railroads, vii. 309, 360, 374.
Ramsay's, Allan, "Tea-table Mis-
cellany," i. 25, 114; "Evergreen,"
i. 36.

Rev. E. B. viii. 341. 343.

Bill, x. 189, 215.

Bill riot in London, x. 108,
"Refreshing the machine," v. 14, 15.
Regalia of Scotland. See Scottish.
Reggersburg Castle, ii. 5 n.
Regimental Mess, vi. 151, 319.
"Reiver's Wedding," ballad of the,
ii. 94.

Religion, enthusiasm in, vii. 255.
of France, ix. 31-2.
"RELIGIOUS DISCOURSES BY A
LAYMAN," ix. 195; history of
their composition, 195; publica-
tion of; the gift of Scott, 206-7.

Motives, ix. 231.

"Reliquiæ Trottcosienses, or the
Gabions of Jonathan Oldbuck,"
proposed publication of, v. 144;
vii. 221; ix. 356; x 90.

James, Esq. Scott's fellow ap- Reputation, literary, iii. 370.

prentice, i. 68, 229, 230.

John, Esq. of Ochtertyre, i.

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Resolve, The," a poem, iii. 330.
Resources, Mental, iv. 69.

291; letter from on the "Lenore," | Reston, Lord. See David Douglas.

347; v. 143.

Rat-catcher, x. 45.

Rattray-head, iv. 188.

Ravelstone House, i. 121, 122.
Raven, anecdote of a, vii. 333.
Ravensworth, Lord and Lady, ix.
155.

Rhodes, Island of, x. 160-1.

Rhetoric, viii. 253.

"Rhymer's Glen," v. 236, 367; vii.
286.

Rice, Spring, Esq., ix. 243.

Richardson, John, Esq. London,

character, iv. 139; anecdote of his

angling, vi. 193 n. ; last interview | "ROB Roy," i. 204, 289; v. 179; vid

with Scott, x. 202.

-letters to, iii. 237; iv. 142; vi.

26, 119.

v. 243; viii. 60.

Dr, Port Rush, iv. 358, 390.
Samuel, viii. 93.

Mrs, Tulsehill, (late Mrs
Terry,) ix. 265 n.
"Rich Auld Willie's Farewell,"
Miss Seward's ballad of, ii. 89.
Riddell house, vi. 75; family of the
Riddels, ib.

John, Esq. v. 386.

Thomas, of Camiston, viii. 328.
Ridicule, the fears of, ix. 65.
Ring, a, from Hermitage Castle,
x. 108.

Ritchie, David, original of "The
Black Dwarf," i. 364.

Mr Alex. S. Musselburgh, x.
257.
Ritson, Joseph, the antiquary, ii.
62, 85, 101. His horror of ani-
mal food, played on by Leyden,
102, 106, 286. Metrical sketch
of, by Leyden, 116. Death of,
157. His "Life of Arthur," ii.
157. "Essay on Romance and
Minstrelsy," ib. "Northern
Garland," ib.

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- drama of, v. 310. Its extraor-
dinary success in the Edinburgh
Theatre, vi. 28, 62. Performance
of, witnessed by George IV. vii.
65-7.

Rob Roy's gun, iii. 390; v. 218:
vii. 401. His Spleuchan, the gift
of Mr Train, v. 178-9.
Robroyston, vii. 222.
Robson's "British Herald,” x. 39.
"Rod to Selkirk," vii. 317.
Roebucks, ix. 345.
Roedeer, viii. 3.

Rogers, Samuel, Esq. his school,
anecdote of Scott, i. 127.

ii. 121; ix. 11, 242, 245.
American Commodore, iv, 231.
"ROKEBY," poem of, commenced,
iii. 370. Correspondence with
Mr Morritt on the scenery and
antiquities of its localities, 370,
381. Progress of, iv. 12, 16, 21.
24. Publication of, in December,
1812, 45. Its success, 51, 53, 56.
Retrospect of its composition,
54, 55. Causes of comparative
failure, 57, 76.

- i. 219; vi. 383.

Rokeby Park, Scott's first visit to,
iii 190. Description of, ib. Re.
visited, iv. 16; v. 69; ix. 3, 253;
x. 107.

Rolland, Adam, Esq. ix. 342.
Rollo, Lord, viii. 278.

Rome, residence of Scott at, x. 176,
198. St. Peter's, 177. The Vati-
can, 178. M.S. memoirs of Ro-
man families, 179 Castle of
Bracciano, 179, 182.

"Rome in the Nineteenth Cen-
tury," 3 vols. by Miss Waldie,
i 161.

Roman statue in bronze, relique of
one descovered, vi. 198,

Wall, Northumberland, i. 260,
365.

Romance, Scott's last attempts in, | Royal Society Club, dinner at, viii.

x. 148.

Romilly, Sir Samuel, iv. 142, 144.

Mr, vii. 286.

Rorie More's "Nurse," iv. 304,
306 n. Drinking horn, 304.
Rose, Right Hon. Sir George, viii.

29.

William Stewart, Esq., ii. 121,
225; iii. 10, 95. Lines on Scott
visiting him at Gundimore, 10
His servant Hinves, "yclept Ca-
liban," iv. 397; vi. 239. Visits
Abbotsford, vi. 239. Anecdotes
of Lord Byron, viii. 118-19. His
"Ariosto," ix. 11.

iv. 218; v. 307; vi. 239, 363;
vii. 183; ix. 265.
Rosebank, Scott's visit to, i. 174,
208. Letter from, describing his
amusements at, 225. Bequeathed
to Scott by his uncle, ii. 187.
Rosebery, Earl of, x. 256.
Ross, Dr Adolphus, ix. 328; x. 18,
39. Last visit to Scott, x. 213
Mrs Dr, x. 213.

Mr, Collector, Lerwick, iv.
197, 219-20.

Ross-shire, hills of, iv. 294.

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139.

of Literature, project of, vii.
303, 343.

Roxburgh, John, Duke of, ii. 85,
121; iii. 35.

Club, Scott elected a member
of, vii. 131, 136.
Ruling passion strong in death,
instances of the, i. 46; viii. 374;
x. 212.

Rum, Isle of, iv. 319.
Russel, Claud, Esq., i. 126. 365 n. ;
viii. 121.

-John, Professor of Clinical
Surgery, i. 257.

Lord John, x. 203.
Dr, vii. 205.

Major-General Sir James of
Ashestiel, i. 311; iii. 346; viii.
133, 189, 318.

Russia, Empress Dowager of, iv.
153.

Russians in France, 1815, v. 78, 80.
Rutherford, Andrew, Esq., ix. 74.

Dr Daniel, Uncle of Sir Walter
Scott, i.14, 173, 188; ii. 118, Sud-
den death of, vi. 158, 165, 170.
His talents in Chemistry, 158.

Dr John, Grandfather of Sir
Walter Scott, i. 14, 21. Character
of, as a medical professor, 147.
John, Esq. of Edgerstone, vi,
134 n.

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Robert, Esq. W.S., vi. 167;
viii. 133.

Anne, married to Walter Scott,
the father of the poet, i. 14. [See
Mrs Scott.]

Christian, Aunt of Sir Walter
Scott, i. 14; v. 61. Letters to, i.
308, 313, 327, 374. Advice in the
composition of the Lady of the
Lake, iii. 250. Illness, vi. 158.
And death of, 160, 166, 170.

Miss Janet, Aunt of Sir Walter
Scott, i. 14.
Ruthven, Lady, x. 49, 263.

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