Major Nairne and Lieutenant Dambourges of the Royal Emigrants at once climbed in at the head of a storming-party and wild work followed with the bayonet.

ll. 87-157 CAROLINA, LADY NAIRNE THE LAND O' THE LEAL (WR.

Mr. Nairne, advocate, was to go with us as far as St. Andrews.

'Not Lethe; said Mr. Nairne.

Mr. Nairne and his servant, and Joseph, rode by us.

I had with me a map of Scotland, a bible which was given me by Lord Mountstuart when we were together in Italy, and Ogden's Sermons on Prayer; Mr. Nairne introduced us to Dr. Watson, whom we found a well-informed man, of very amiable manners.

Mr. Nairne said, he had an inclination to retire.

We went and saw Colonel Nairne's garden and grotto.

I know not how Colonel Nairne came to say there were but two large trees in the county of Fife.

Sir, you may as well maintain that a carrier, who has driven a packhorse between Edinburgh and Berwick for thirty years, does not know the road, as that Lord Mansfield does not know the law of England[1092].' At Mr. Nairne's, he drew the character of Richardson, the authour of Clarissa, with a strong yet delicate pencil.

I returned to supper, at which were Principal Robertson, Mr. Nairne, and some other gentlemen.

I. Mr. William Nairne was afterwards a Judge of the Court of Sessions by the title of Lord Dunsinnan.

'Nairne is the boundary in this direction between the highlands and lowlands; and until within a few years both English and Gaelic were spoken here.

There was once a haberdasher's wife (Mrs. Nairne) who locked up her apprentice girl, and starved her to death; but did ever any body think of abolishing haberdashery on this account?

[Lady Nairne]; a pobreza no hay verguenza

And I do forever interdict the entrance of all other vessels which shall be commanded by the said Henry Whitby, John Nairne, and Slingsby Simpson, or either of them.

Lady Nairne.

See NAIRNE, William.

JAMES I (of England), Daemonology, iii. 382; Johnson, resemblance to, v. 12; Nairne, witticism about, v. 117, n. 3; Raleigh's trial, i. 180, n. 2; Sanquhar's trial, v. 103, n. 2; mentioned, ii. 175.

NAIL, growth of the, iii. 398, n. 3. NAIRNE, Colonel, v. 69-70.

NAIRNE, William (Lord Dunsinan), accompanies Johnson to St. Andrews, v. 54, 56, 58, 62; to Edinburgh Castle, v. 386; praised by him, v. 53; and by Sir Walter Scott, ib., n. 3; mentioned, iii. 41, 126; v. 38, 394-5. NAIRNE, Mr., the optician, iii. 21, n. 2. Namby-Pamby, i. 179.

NAIRNE, William (Lord Dunsinan), accompanies Johnson to St. Andrews, v. 54, 56, 58, 62; to Edinburgh Castle, v. 386; praised by him, v. 53; and by Sir Walter Scott, ib., n. 3; mentioned, iii. 41, 126; v. 38, 394-5. NAIRNE, Mr., the optician, iii. 21, n. 2. Namby-Pamby, i. 179.

NAIRNE, BARONESS, Scottish poetess, born at Gask, Perthshire, third daughter of Laurence Oliphant of that Ilk, of Jacobite proclivities; known for her beauty as the Flower of Strathearn; was married to the sixth Lord Nairne, whom she survived; wrote 78 songs, the most famous among them being "The Land o' the Leal," "The Laird o' Cockpen," "Bonnie Charlie's noo awa," "Caller Herrin'," and "The Auld Hoose"; died at Gask (1766-1845).

NAIRNE, BARONESS, Scottish poetess, born at Gask, Perthshire, third daughter of Laurence Oliphant of that Ilk, of Jacobite proclivities; known for her beauty as the Flower of Strathearn; was married to the sixth Lord Nairne, whom she survived; wrote 78 songs, the most famous among them being "The Land o' the Leal," "The Laird o' Cockpen," "Bonnie Charlie's noo awa," "Caller Herrin'," and "The Auld Hoose"; died at Gask (1766-1845).

The "Life of Dr. Lee;" Macdonald's "Love, Law, and Theology;" last, not least, Lady Nairne.