Heraldry in Scotland : including a recension of 'The law and practice of heraldry in Scotland' by the late George Seton (1914)
Stevenson, J. H. (John Horne), 1855-1939, Seton, George, 1822-1908. Law and practice of heraldry in Scotland · Glasgow, J. Maclehose · leaf 43
y a page Sir Walter Scott exhibits his genuine sympathywith the noble science ; and of his most proper anxiety to be strictly correctin its most minute details, we have abundant evidence in his published cor-respondence.* If, however, in the case of the author of JVaverley, a tastefor heraldic and… … is no less a personage than the author of A mans a man for a that. Ina letter to Alexander Cunningham, in 1793, Robert Burns thus expresseshimself: I lately lost a valuable seal, a present from a departed friend,which vexes me much. I have gotten one of your Highland pebbles, whichI fancy would…
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