[7] Some have thought it an evidence of strength of will to die standing; and some have even wished to be buried in that posture. In Oliver Heywood's Register is the following entry:--"Oct. 28, 1684. Captain Taylor's wife, of Brighouse, buried in her garden, with head upwards, standing upright, by her husband, daughter, and other Quakers." Mrs. George S. Norton, of Pawling, N. Y., was buried at her own request sitting upright in a rocking chair enclosed in a box made of seasoned chestnut. The funeral services were held July 27, 1899.--_Albany Argus._ M. Halloin of the neighborhood of Caen, in Normandy, who died in the early part of this century, when he felt his end approach inserted in his last will a clause expressing his desire to be buried at night, in his bed, comfortably tucked in, with pillows and coverlets as he had died. As no opposition was raised against the execution of this clause, a huge pit was sunk, and the corpse was lowered into its last resting place, without any alteration having been made in the position in which death had overtaken him. Boards were laid over the bed, that the falling earth might not disturb this imperturbable quietist.--_S. Baring-Gould: "Curiosities of Olden Times."_ BRONTE (Emily), 1818-1848. "_No, no!_" to her sister who begged her to allow them to put her to bed. She died sitting upon the sofa. BROOKS (Phillips, Bishop of Massachusetts), 1835-1893. His last written words were, "_There is no other life but the eternal._" BROWN (John, Scottish linguist and preacher), 1720-1787. "_My Christ._" BROWN (John, hanged December 2, 1859, for his part in the famous Harper's Ferry insurrection), 1800-1859. "_I am ready at any time--do not keep me waiting_," said to the sheriff who asked him if he should give him a private signal before the fatal moment. His last request was not complied with. The troops that had formed his escort had to be put in their proper position, and while this was going on he stood for some ten or fifteen minutes blindfolded; the rope round his neck and his feet on the treacherous platform, expecting instantly the fatal act; but he stood for this comparatively long time upright as a soldier in position and motionless.--_J. T. L. Preston (an eye-witness of John Brown's death) in the Bivouac for August, 1886._ BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett, English poet), 1805-1861. "_It is beautiful._" BRUCE (Robert, distinguished divine of the Scottish Church), about 1554-1631. "_Now God be with you, my dear children; I have breakfasted with you, and shall sup with my Lord Jesus Christ._"