Memoirs of the lives and characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie of Jerviswood, and of Lady Grisell Baillie

MR GEORGE BAILLIE. 27
He was buried, according to his own
directions, with but a few friends and
near relations, and all his own tenants,
in a burying-place he ordered, three
years before he died, to be built in his
own fields, to save the trouble of car-
rying him far ; having all his life a dis-
like to pomp and show, and giving
others trouble. He then little imagin-
ed he was ever to stir from home ; but
what was thought proper for the edu-
cation of his grandsons, made him
readily yield to any thing. He ordered
only a spot of ground to be inclosed
with four walls, and often walked to
see it, and showed an impatience to
have it finished, thinking his end near.
When he perceived there was an orna-
mented front making to it, he turned
to me in anger, and said he would not
suffer it ; he saw my vanity carried me
even beyond the grave. With difficulty
we prevailed to have it built with some
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