The Expedition of Humphry Clinker on The Ever Green: “he mentioned a considerable number of pieces, which he insisted were equal in point of humour to any thing extant in any language dead or living--He, in particular, recommended a collection of detached poems, in two small volumes, intituled, The Ever-Green”
Waverley on The Gentle Shepherd: “and Barbour's 'Brace', and Blind Harry's 'Wallace', and 'The Gentle Shepherd', and 'The Cherry and The Slae.'”
The Monastery on The Monk and the Miller's Wife: “I told, indeed, Allan Ramsay's story of the Monk and Miller's Wife, in order to retreat with some honour under cover of a parting volley.”