Refutation of the Misstatements and Calumnies Contained in Mr. Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., Respecting the Messrs. Ballantyne

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838. Excerpt: ... REFUTATION, &c. "Lockhart," said Sir Walter Scott, when his son-in-law was called to his death-bed, "I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man--be virtuous--be religious--be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here."--Life of Sir W. Scott, vol. vii. p. 393.) When Sir Walter Scott, upon his death-bed, addressed this parting admonition to the gentleman destined to become his literary executor, he not only evinced a deep interest in the welfare of that individual, but at the same time impressively indicated the spirit in which he expected his sonin-law to conduct himself, even in asserting and vindicating his posthumous fame. He recommended that "goodness" which excludes all malignant thoughts or representations; that " virtue" which courageously proclaims the truth; and that "religion" "which thinketh no evil: '1 and he solemnly declared that nothing else would give 8 SIR WALTER Scott's DYING ADMONITION. him any comfort when he came to lie upon the bed of death, there to take the retrospect of his past life and actions. We are now going to inquire what effect this touching appeal produced upon the mind of the gentleman to whom it was addressed, --not at the moment, when any human heart not altogether seared must have been softened, and disposed to receive generous impressions, but in following out the duties of the important literary trust committed to him. In doing so, however, we shall keep aloof from all speculations, and adhere strictly to facts. Nor shall we concern ourselves with any inquiry into the private views, motives, feelings, or principles of Mr. Lockhart, as these might be collected by inference from the Life of Sir Walter Scott, in which, we lament to say, the character of the dead and ...

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