The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-19

0raco viii imagine when ! tsi you hbw sab-
lime IN anSwor ho made 10 o very vulgar
question. I asksd him how long ho stayed y
Tho Wells? He eaid, IA long 40 my rival
stayedi' ! was ast0nishsd how a who
made nc ~pretenslons 10 anything could have
. rival, 20 I asked him for IN explanation.
he said he would stay % long ~ the Sun
didi' Az Tunbridge Mrs.. Montasu often
rode With DR. Young. Tho Gloss Of M ride
che describes IN 0 vein by no means devoid
OF humor: III was late In. tho evening" abe
writes, 'before We Get homo, but the. silver
| Cynthia held up her bow In the heavens
and east such o shaft on che earth a. showed
Ito beauties in q soft and gentle light. The
night dlencsd all but our Divine Doctor,
who sometimee uttered things ft TO DO
spoken In q Season when al Nature Gems
10 b hushed and hearkening. ] followed,
gathering wisdom a. I won't. till I found by
my horse's stumbling that ! ives In g bad
road, and that the blind was leading the
blind: 90 ! placed my servant between the
Doctor and myself. which he not perceiving,
went on In Q most philosophical strain, to
The great amusement of my poor clown OF
Q servant who, not being brought up to
any pitch Of euthusiasm, nor mailing answer
TO any Of the fne things hs heard. the Doc
tor, wondering I was dumb, and grieving
I was 90 ssupid, looked round, declared his
surprise and desired the man 70 trot on %
before
In q letter TO her husband, penned in i7oo,
Mrs. Montasu records that, in the course
Of o journey TO Northumberland, Il called
on Dr.. Young ut yelling no was rector
Of Welwyn, HeEtsl, and stayed about two
hours with him. He received me with
great cordially, and I think be n IN better
health than ever I saw him. His house 10
happily opposite 10 q. ohurohyaId, which
Is to him q flne prospect; ho has taught his
imagination to sport with skulls, like the
grave digger In Hamlet His converse
ton has always something IN IL very de-
lightful; In the first place, It Is animated
by the warrhest ~bsnevolenoe; then his
imagination soars above the material world.
Some. people would say his conversation
is not natural. I cay It II natural to him to
be unnatural, that b, out Of b ordinary
course OF things It would be easier for
him to give you q catalogue Of the stars
than an inventory Of the household fur
niture he uses every day She adds:
The busy world may say what II pleases,
but some men were made for speculation,
metaphysical men, like jars and flower
pots make good furniture for q cabinet.
though useless in the kitchen, the pantry
and the dairy In April, 1851, Mrs. Mon
tagu and Mira. Carter (the Greek scholar
who had translated Epictetus). proposed
o visit to DR.. Young at Welwyn. We quote
a part Of his response, as characteristic at
once OF the writer and Of the times: your
letter. &o., lay me under great obligations,
but the greatest lies In tho kind promise
you make me that I shall hss the hands OF
two fair pilgrims at Welwyn. I hope they
are too much Protestants to think there ID
anything sacred In the shrine you speak Of.
I have too many aims to pretend that ! am
q Saint. Was I q Saint and could work
miracles. I would reduce you two ladys 10
the oommon level Of your sex. being Jealous
for the credit Of my own, which has hitherto
presumed Il boast and usurp superiority
In the realms Of genius and the lettered
world. For you. Madam. I shall say moth
Ing, for who can say enough2 Mrs. Carter
has my high esteem for showing US in 60
mastery O manner that Christianity has q
foil in one Of tho brightest jewels Of Pagan
Wisdom, o jewel which you will allow she
has ct in gold. Might not such an honor
from q fair hand make sven an Epictetus
proud without being blamed for IT. Nor
let Mrs. Carriers smiabla modesty become
blsmable by taking offence at tho truth,
but stand the shook Of applause, which she
has brought upon herself; for though 1t
pains hsr. II does credit to the public. and
abe ahould support II patiently, as her
stoicl Hero did his broken leg
~.
Elizabeth Montagu was connected by
marriage with the Rev. Laurence Sterne.
Elizabeth Lumley. who became his wife,
used to call Matthew Robinson (the Mon
tagis' father uncle though he was
really her ~stepuncle. The earliest allusion
to Sterne oocurs In a letter from the younger
Matthew Robinson to his sister Elizabeth.
under date OF April. I7A: Our cousin,
Betty LAmley, IL married to q Parson, who
once delighted In debauohery, who Il pos
seescd Of about Goo a year in preferments,
and has Q good prospect Of moro. What
hopes our relation may have Of settling
the affections Of a light and tickle man I
know not, but I imagine she will Get about
It, not by means Of the beauty. but of the
arm Of flesh. In other respects I sec no
I0ulJ III tuC uidtObs ~ WoAhnh ou6uS w
venture upon the state Of Old Maiden,
without q consciousness Of an i~nexhaustible
fund OF good nature At this time Sterne
was vicar OF Sutton-on-the-Forest some
eight miles from York. and his uncle, Jacob
sterne, gave him Q prebendal stall In York
Cathedral about the same time. For two
wears he bad courted Elisabeth Lumley.
ebe was much In love with him. but from
smallness Of means on both sides deemed
marriage imprndent. She. however, had
a desperate illness. and informed Sterne
abe had made him her heir. His gratitude
for this, and affection, recalled her to life
and matrimony. Elizabeth Moutagu refers
in q letter to the match 40 follows: He
Isternel was a great rake, but being ia
banned and married, has Vanished his
character. I do not comprehend what my
cousin means by their little desires; II she
had said little stomachs, 1t had been some
help to their economy, but when people
have not enough for the neceesaries OF life,
what avails It that they can do without the
n,perautiee and pomps Of III Does abe
mean that she won't keep q coach and six
and four footmenf What . wonderful
o~ocupation che made Of oourtship that 1t
,Lax l. - Io;u,rn MIR inclination "a fhipk