James Hogg in 1830

James Hogg (1770 – November 21, 1835), often known as The Ettrick Shepherd, was a self-educated Scottish poet, novelist, short-story writer and journalist. He is best known for his 1824 novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.

Quotes

• Man mind yourselve is the first commandment.
  • The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2001) p. 188.

• Nothing in the world delights a truly religious people so much, as consigning them to eternal damnation.
  • The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2001) p. 193.

• Where the pools are bright and deep
  Where the gray trout lies asleep,
  Up the river and o'er the lea
  That's the way for Billy and me.
  • "A Boy's Song" (1831), line 1; cited from Songs and Ballads by the Ettrick Shepherd (Glasgow: Blackie, 1852) p. 196.

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