in_ in his article on
Hoffmann. In reading Scott's novels I have noted two reminiscences of
the line, "One word is too often profaned." They are to be found in
_Old Mortality_, Vol. II, p. 93, and in _Redgauntlet_, Vol. I, p.
224.]

[Footnote 267: _Journal_, Vol. II, p. 179.]

[Footnote 268: _Familiar Letters_, Vol. I, p. 40.]

[Footnote 269: _Familiar Letters_, Vol. I, p. 97.]

[Footnote 270: _Journal_, Vol. I, p. 333]

[Footnote 271: _Ibid._, Vol. II, p. 190.]

[Footnote 272: I quote from the letter as given in Knight's
_Wordsworth_, Vol. II, p. 105. Prof. Knight says that Lockhart quotes
the letter less exactly (Vol. I, p. 489.)]

[Footnote 273: _Lockhart_, Vol. III, p. 428.]

[Footnote 274: Even Byron admired Southey. He once wrote, "His prose
is perfect. Of his poetry there are various opinions: there is,
perhaps, too much of it for the present generation; posterity will
probably select. He has _passages_ equal to anything." (Byron's
_Letters and Journals_, ed. Prothero, Vol. II, p. 331.) Shelley also
had a high opinion of Southey's work. (Dowden's _Life of Shelley_,
Vol. I, p. 158, and pp. 471-2.) Landor liked _Madoc_ and _Thalaba_ so
much that, when he found Southey hesitating to write more poems of a
similar kind because they did not pay, he offered to bear the expense
of the publication. Southey refused the assistance, but was stimulated
by the kindness and considered Landor's encouragement responsible for
his later work in poetry. (Forster's _Life of Landor_, Vol. I, pp.
209-214.)]

[Footnote 275: _Lockhart_, Vol. II, p. 307.]

[Footnote 276: _Ibid._, Vol. I, p. 415.]

[Footnote 277: _Ibid._, Vol. I, p. 477; see also _Edinburgh Annual
Register_ for 1809, part 2, p. 588.]

[Footnote 278: _Lockhart_, Vol. III, p. 197.]

[Footnote 279: _Lockhart_, Vol. II, p. 127.]

[Footnote 280: In his youth Scott read Dante with other Italian
authors, but he did not become well acquainted with him, and later
even expressed dislike for his work. (See _Lockhart_, Vol. V, p. 408.)
In 1825 he wrote to W.S. Rose, "I will subscribe for Dante with all
pleasure, on condition you do not insist on my reading him." (_Fam.
Let._, Vol. II, p. 356.)]

[Footnote 281: It may be interesting to have Southey's comment on the
same article. (See _Southey's Letters_, Vol. II, p. 307.) He says,
"Bedford has seen the review which Scott has written of