to the no small disturbance of the reverend
teacher and his establishment.]
[Footnote 47: Between superior and inferior, "whose fortunes (as he
expresses it) comprehend the one and the other."]
[Footnote 48: A gentleman who has since honourably distinguished
himself by his philanthropic plans and suggestions for that most
important object, the amelioration of the condition of the poor.]
[Footnote 49: In a suit undertaken for the recovery of the Rochdale
property.]
[Footnote 50: This precious pencilling is still, of course,
preserved.]
[Footnote 51: The verses "To a beautiful Quaker," in his first volume,
were written at Harrowgate.]
[Footnote 52: A horse of Lord Byron's:--the other horse that he had
with him at this time was called Sultan.]
[Footnote 53: The favourite dog, on which Lord Byron afterwards wrote
the well-known epitaph.]
[Footnote 54: Lord Byron and Dr. Pigot continued to be correspondents
for some time, but, after their parting this autumn, they never met
again.]
[Footnote 55: Of this edition, which was in quarto, and consisted but
of a few sheets, there are but two, or, at the utmost, three copies in
existence.]
[Footnote 56: His valet, Frank.]
[Footnote 57: Of this "Mary," who is not to be confounded either with
the heiress of Annesley, or "Mary" of Aberdeen, all I can record is,
that she was of an humble, if not equivocal, station in life,--that
she had long, light golden hair, of which he used to show a lock, as
well as her picture, among his friends; and that the verses in his
"Hours of Idleness," entitled "To Mary, on receiving her Picture,"
were addressed to her.
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