Excerpt from Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries, Vol. 2 of 2: With Recollections of the Author's Life, and of His Visit to Italy They who know Mr. Campbell only as the author of Gertrude of Wyoming, and the Pleasures of Hope, would not suspect him to be amerry companion, overflowing with hu mour andlanecdote, and any thing but fastidious. These Scotch poets have always something in reserve. It is the only point in which the major part of them resemble their countrymen. The mistaken character which the lady formed. Of Thomson from his Seasons, is well known. He let part of the secret out in his Castle of Indolence and 'the more he let out, the more honour it did to the simplicity and cordiality of the poet's nature, though not always to the. Elegance of it. Allan Ramsay knew his friends Gay and Somerville as well. In their writings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.