I am an Englishman, and my name is Thomas Carlyle.

I am composed of lime, and I will presently become a part of a fine white substance, called lime, which will dry a great part of the lime, and in a few hours you may have a…

I am a member of the body politic, called the state of England, wherein I was first created, and wherein I was long kept, and wherein I have been long detained.…