THOMAS CARLYLE.


Clearly a superior woman.--That is the way with female intellects
when they are good; nothing equals their acuteness, and their
rapidity is almost excessive.--_Frederick the Great._


Perfection of housekeeping was her clear and speedy attainment in
that new scene. Strange how she made the desert blossom for herself
and me there; what a fairy palace she had made of that wild
moorland home of the poor man! From the baking of a loaf, or the
darning of a stocking, up to comporting herself in the highest
scenes or most intricate emergencies, all was insight, veracity,
graceful success (if you could judge it), fidelity to insight of
the fact given.--_Reminiscences._


Meek and retiring by the softness of her nature, yet glowing with
an ethereal ardour for all that is illustrious and lovely.--_Life
of Schiller._

She was of a compassionate nature, and had a loving, patient, and
noble heart; prudent she was; the skilfulest and thriftiest of
financiers; could well keep silence, too, and with a gentle
stoicism endure much small unreason.--_Life of Schiller._