A STORY OF CARLYLE.
A pleasant story, is being told of Thomas Carlyle’s interview with the Queen. She had commanded him to visit her, and he came into her ■ presence not ashamed 'of sharing some of that reverence which Dr Johnson had in the presence of his sovereign. But the Majesty of England was so pleasant, and kindly and modest, that the philosopher forgot her rank before he had been long in her presence; and he had soon pulled his chair over to her side that he might the more easily and affably converse with her. With ho want of respect—with him an amazing amount of respect—he questioned her about her opinions and made her stand and deliver her ideas as though he were an examining chaplain. . The Queen is said to have been <J elj.gh.tecL witb tiie interview, and to Have coilceived the highest respect for the grand old man. “ Tam ” might have been a courtier had he pleased. But that was not “ Tam’s ” bent. He was not intended to leaven Courts ; and he went back again to the little house at Chelsea happier than though he had been made Knight of the Garter.
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Patea Mail, 4 June 1881, Page 4
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195A STORY OF CARLYLE. Patea Mail, 4 June 1881, Page 4
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