Note 15 — NOTICES OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE LATE SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.
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Mr. Chambers describes Sir Walter's eyebrows as so shaggy and prominent, that, when he was reading or writing at a table, they completely shrouded the eyes beneath; and the Ettrick Shepherd speaks of Sir Walter's shaggy eyebrows dipping deep over his eyes.