E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Scott, Thomas
(b. Braytoft, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, February 16th, 1747; d. Aston Sandford, Buckinghamshire, April 16th, 1821). “Essays on the Most Important Subjects of Religion” (1793); “Sermons on Select Subjects” (1796); a “Commentary” on the Bible (1796); “Vindication of the Inspiration of Scripture” (1796); “The Force of Truth” (1799); “Remarks on the Refutation of Calvinism by G. Tomline, Bishop of Carlisle” (1812); and “A Collection of the Quotations from the Old Testament in the New,” in The Christian Observer for 1810 and 1811. Works, edited by his son, in 1823–5; Life and his “Letters and Papers, with Observations,” in 1824.
