_law_ (Kelly _law_), v. 237;
law arguments in writing, ii. 220;
law life, vulgar familiarity of, iii. 179, n. 1;
lawyers great masters of the law of nations, ii. 292;
learning, decrease of it, v. 57, 80;
in James VI's time, v. 57, 182;
'like bread in a besieged town,' ii. 363;
mediocrity of it, ii. 307, n. 3;
leases, setting aside, v. 342;
legitimation, law of, ii. 456;
Leith, v. 54;
to a Scotchman often _Lethe_, ib.;
Leuchars, v. 70;
Lismore, ii. 308, n. 1; v. 86;
literature, rapid advancement in, ii. 53;
Logie Pert, v. 75, n. 2;
Lord High Constable, v. 103;
Loudoun, v. 371;
'love Scotland better than truth,' ii. 311; v. 109, n. 6;
_lowns_, v. 218;
Lugar, River, v. 379;
Macbeth's heath, v. 115;
castle, v. 129, 347-8;
Mackinnon's Cave, v. 331;
_main honest_, v. 303;
Mallet the only Scot whom Scotchmen did not commend, ii. 159, n. 3;
_manse_, v. 70;
Mauchline, v. 375, n. 3;
_mawkin_, v. 96;
_Mercheta Mulierum_, v. 320;
metaphysics, what passes for, iv. 25, n. 4;
middle class, want of a, ii. 402, n. 1;
Middleburgh, iii. 104;
Militia, fear of giving Scotland a, in 1760, ii. 431, n. 1;
bill of 1776, ii. 431; iii. 1;
fear still remained, iii. 360, n. 3;
established in 1793, iii. 360, n. 3;
Scots as officers in English militia, iii. 399, n. 2;
_Mirror, The_, iv. 390;
mix with the English worse than the Irish, ii. 242;
Monboddo (Lord Monboddo's residence), v. 77;
Monimusk, iii. 103;
Montrose, v. 72-4;
muir-fowl, or grouse, v. 44;
_Muses' Welcome to King James_, v. 57, 80, 81;
nation, if we allow the Scotch to be a, iii. 387;
nationality, extreme, ii. 242, 307, 325; iv. 186; v. 20, 409
(See above, combination);
Newhailes, v. 407;
'noblest prospect,' i. 425; v. 387;
non-jurors, iv. 287; v. 66;
northern circuit, v. 120;
oatmeal, v. 133, n. 2, 308, 406;
oats defined, i. 294; iv. 168;
Old Deer, v. 107;
_old Scottish_ sentiments, v. 40;
enthusiasm, v. 374;
orchard, Johnson sees an, iv. 206, n. 1;
general want of them, v. 115;
_Ossian_, national pride in believing in, iv. 141
(See under MACPHERSON, James);
outer gate locked at dinner-time, v. 60, n. 5;
pains-taking, of all nations most, ii. 300, n. 5;
past so unlike the present, iii. 414;
patience in winning votes, iv. 11;
pay of English soldiers spent in it, ii. 431;
Peers, interference in elections