Had it been a common criticism, however eloquent or panegyrical, I should have felt pleased, undoubtedly, and grateful, but not to the extent which the extraordinary good-heartedness of the whole proceeding must induce in any mind capable of such sensations." (_Byron's Letters and Journals_, Vol.

VI, p.

2.) See _Lockhart_, Vol.

II, p.

510, for quotations from Byron showing his admiration for Scott.