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.......................................................................... 27 Johnnie Sayre ................................................................ .......................................................................... 44 John Horace Burleson ......................................................... .......................................................................... 47 John M. Church ............................................................... .......................................................................... 64 John Hancock Otis ............................................................ .......................................................................... 84 Elliott Hawkins .............................................................. ......................................................................... 100 John Wasson .................................................................. ...d, Mr. Tutt Please answer the question of Pontius Pilate: “What is Truth?” Elliott Hawkins I LOOKED like Abraham Lincoln. I was one of you, Spoon Rive... ... the wisest heads. Judge Somers first, Deep learned in life, and next him, Elliott Hawkins And Lambert Hutchins; next him Thomas Rhodes And Editor Whe...

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...Introduction: Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total of his act...

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...s Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania State University, Electro... ...iversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Thomas Carlyle The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle PART I CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY N ear seven y... ...NTRODUCTORY N ear seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writ... ...ing up a Biography to introduce them, should be left to him 4 The Life of John Sterling alone; and done without interference of mine:—as ac- cordingl... ...e are not, I believe, ten estates on which the buildings are standing. The Elliotts, from whom we have heard, are living with all their family in a te... ...e, Esq. Rev. John Sterling. Alex. Ellice, Esq. Alfred Tennyson, Esq. J. F. Elliott, Esq. Rev. Connop Thirlwall. Copley Fielding, Esq. Rev. W . Hepwort...

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...e, and humbled by the con- sciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed. The said Eliza, John, and Georgiana were now clus... ...oon. The breakfast-room door opened. “Boh! Madam Mope!” cried the voice of John Reed; then he paused: he found the room apparently empty. “Where the d... ... and I wished fer- vently he might not discover my hiding-place: nor would John Reed have found it out himself; he was not quick either of vision or c... ...ir, he intimated by a gesture that I was to approach and stand before him. John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen years old; four years older than I, f... ...m an opinion so harsh, and in- clined rather to the more refined idea that John’s sallowness was owing to over-application and, perhaps, to pining aft... ...w—ask her her name.” I felt I could speak, and I answered—”My name is Jane Elliott.” Anxious as ever to avoid discovery, I had before re- solved to as... ...dently not yet fit for excitement. Come to the sofa and sit down now, Miss Elliott.” I gave an involuntary half start at hearing the alias: I had forg... ...nothing seemed to escape, noticed it at once. “You said your name was Jane Elliott?” he observed. “I did say so; and it is the name by which I think i... ... Eyre:” he said, “the advertise- ments demanded a Jane Eyre: I knew a Jane Elliott.—I con- fess I had my suspicions, but it was only yesterday afterno...

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...landish parts, and only wish for the presence of our friends (yourself and John, to wit) to make the trip perfectly enjoyable as it promises to be ins... ...l, that didn’t make one any the less sorry. Here lies the duck that Samuel Johnson sat on, eh? I was big for my age.” “Then we had canaries,” he conti... ...any- thing.” So saying she opened the book and began to read: “‘Sir Walter Elliott, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amu... ... too,” he remarked. “Not Gib- bon; no; d’you happen to have Modern Love or John Donne? You see, I contemplate pauses when people get tired of looking ... ...s Murgatroyd. I hate it,” she said. “My name’s Evelyn. What’s yours?” “St. John,” he said. “I like that,” said Evelyn. “And what’s your friend’s name?... ...yd is best hit off by her own words, “Call me Evelyn and I’ll call you St. John.” She said that on very slight provocation—her surname was enough—but ...

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...nd much-accused man of Tonga, and his son, with the artificial joint to his arm— where the assassins shot him in shooting at his father. Baker’s appea... ...ters; lunched in the boarding-house, played on my pipe; went out and did some of my messages; dined at a French restaurant, and returned to play draug... ...k at Vailima I shall resume the practice of the diary letter. A good deal is changed. We are more; solitude does not attend me as before; the night is... ...d a good job I went!Once, when our circus be- gan to kick, we thought all was up; but we got them down all sound in wind and limb. I judged I was much... ...ce Clerk, The Two Kirsties of the Cauldstaneslap, or Four Black Brothers. Characters: Adam Weir, Lord-Justice Clerk, called Lord Hermiston. Archie, hi... ...Weir, Lord-Justice Clerk, called Lord Hermiston. Archie, his son. Aunt Kirstie Elliott, his housekeeper at Hermiston. Elliott of the Cauldstaneslap, h... ... that remains on the mind is probably just enough. I have been enchanted with the unveiling of Revelations. And how picturesque that return of the fal... ...d me of the fact no later agone than last night. ‘Why don’t you leave that to the young men, Mr. Stevenson?’ said she—but when I remember that I felt ...

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...e’ grounded at the foot of Tower Island drawing four and a half; the ‘George Elliott’ unshipped her rudder on the wreck of the ‘Sunflower’—” “Why, the... ... that, on the 2nd of December; Asa Hardy was captain of her, and his brother John was first clerk; and it was his first trip in her, too; Tom Jones to... ...y queer be ing; no respect for anything or anybody. Sometimes he called me ‘Johnny.’ And he kept a fiddle, and a cat. He played execrably. This seeme... ...in columns; a bill head worded something like this— STEAMER GREAT REPUBLIC. JOHN SMITH MASTER PILOTS, JOHN JONES AND THOMAS BROWN. ——————————————————... ...urrences, but through carelessness they have been mis laid. This boat, the “John J. Roe,” was so slow that when she finally sunk in Madrid Bend, it w... ...count of fog and repairing machinery. The R. E. Lee was commanded by Captain John W. Cannon, and the Natchez was in charge of that veteran Southern bo...

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...- der ears like blasphemy, he had passed on to his study and shut the door behind him. Such was the housewifery in George Square. It was better at Her... ...ere her last words. It was the lowering nightfall when my lord returned. He had the sunset in his back, all clouds and glory; and before him, by the w... ...o likely to do muckle better by the law of God. What would ye make of hell? Wouldna your gorge rise at that? Na, there’s no room for splairgers under ... ...d there burns alive in him a sense of identity with the dead even to the twentieth generation. No more characteristic instance could be found than in ... ...eir genealogy, embellished with every detail that memory had handed down or fancy fabricated; and, behold! from every ramification of that tree there ... ...called `Unchancy Dand,’ who was justifeed wi’ seeven mair of the same name at Jeddart in the days of King James the Sax.” In all this tissue of crime ... ... rode wi’ the rest o’ them, and had a good stamach to the work, by a’ that I hear! God’s Remnant! The deil’s clavers! There wasna muckle Christianity ...

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... illness could command, the interest of his mother-in-law and sisters. Mr. John Dashwood had not the strong feelings of the rest of the family; but he... ...em comfortable. His father was rendered easy by such an assurance, and Mr. John Dashwood 5 Jane Austen had then leisure to consider how much there mi... ...for he was very young when he married, and very fond of his wife. But Mrs. John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;—more narrow-minded and se... ... and he did not repent. No sooner was his father’s funeral over, than Mrs. John Dashwood, without sending any notice of her intention to her mother-in... ...msoever given or received, was to her a source of immoveable disgust. Mrs. John Dashwood had never been a favourite with any of her husband’s family; ... ...ace in a cottage; but this is all a mistake. I was last month at my friend Elliott’s, near Dartford. Lady Elliott wished to give a dance. ‘But how can... ...tely saw that there could be no difficulty in it, so I said, ‘My dear Lady Elliott, do not be un- easy. The dining parlour will admit eighteen couple ... ...and other refreshments; and let the supper be set out in the saloon.’ Lady Elliott was delighted with the thought. We measured the dining-room, and fo...

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...ch illness could com mand, the interest of his mother in law and sisters. Mr. John Dashwood had not the strong feelings of the rest of the family; bu... ...e them comfortable. His father was rendered easy by such an assurance, and Mr. John Dashwood had then leisure to consider how much there might prudent... ...lf; for he was very young when he married, and very fond of his wife. But Mrs. John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself; — more narrow minded ... ...ely, and he did not repent. No sooner was his father’s funeral over, than Mrs. John Dashwood, without sending any notice of her intention to her mothe... ...homsoever given or received, was to her a source of immoveable dis gust. Mrs. John Dashwood had never been a favourite with any of her husband’s fami... ...o space in a cottage; but this is all a mistake. I was last month at my friend Elliott’s near Dartford. Lady Elliott wished to give a dance. ‘But how ... ...mediately saw that there could be no difficulty in it, so I said, ‘My dear Lady Elliott, do not be uneasy. The dining parlour will admit eighteen coupl... ...tea and other refreshments; and let the supper be set out in the saloon.’ Lady Elliott was delighted with the thought. We measured the dining room, an...