The Works of Charles Lamb: With a Sketch of His Life and Final Memorials, Volume 2Harper, 1855 |
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... thought unworthy of him . In our walks about his suburban re- treat ( as he called it ) at Shacklewell , some children be- longing to a school of industry had met us , and bowed and courtesied , as he thought , in an especial manner to ...
... thought unworthy of him . In our walks about his suburban re- treat ( as he called it ) at Shacklewell , some children be- longing to a school of industry had met us , and bowed and courtesied , as he thought , in an especial manner to ...
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... thought an accountant the greatest character in the world , and himself the greatest accountant in it . " Yet John was not without his hobby . The fiddle relieved his vacant hours . He sang , certainly , with other notes than to the ...
... thought an accountant the greatest character in the world , and himself the greatest accountant in it . " Yet John was not without his hobby . The fiddle relieved his vacant hours . He sang , certainly , with other notes than to the ...
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... thought blind to certain flaws , which a cunning carper might be able to pick in this Joseph's vest . And here I must have leave , in the ful- ness of my soul , to regret the abolition , and doing away with altogether , of those ...
... thought blind to certain flaws , which a cunning carper might be able to pick in this Joseph's vest . And here I must have leave , in the ful- ness of my soul , to regret the abolition , and doing away with altogether , of those ...
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... thought to arraign the wisdom of my civil superiors , who have judged the further observation of these holy tides to be Papistical , superstitious . Only in a custom of such long standing , methinks , if their holinesses the bishops had ...
... thought to arraign the wisdom of my civil superiors , who have judged the further observation of these holy tides to be Papistical , superstitious . Only in a custom of such long standing , methinks , if their holinesses the bishops had ...
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... thought them few enough ; and , one after another , they all failed me , and I felt myself alone among six hundred playmates . Oh the cruelty of separating a poor lad from his early home- stead ! The yearnings which I used to have ...
... thought them few enough ; and , one after another , they all failed me , and I felt myself alone among six hundred playmates . Oh the cruelty of separating a poor lad from his early home- stead ! The yearnings which I used to have ...
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