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Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature

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Terry admired Scott so much that he learned to imitate his facial expression, his speech and his handwriting.] [Footnote 111: _Lockhart_, Vol.

I, p.

94.] [Footnote 112: The phrase, which was a favorite one of Scott's, is spoken not by Tony Lumpkin, but by one of his tavern companions.
Scott's use of it is an indication of the way in which he was familiar with the drama.

Very likely he never reread the play after his youth, but his strong memory doubtless retained a pretty definite impression of it.] [Footnote 113: _Review of the Life and Works of John Home_, _Quarterly_, June, 1827.] [Footnote 114: _Familiar Letters_, Vol.

II, p.


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