The Elian Miscellany: A Charles Lamb AnthologyS. M. Rich H. Joseph, 1931 - 363 pages |
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... BECKY . Your dinner , indeed ! When your stomach's bursting the top button off your waistcoat ! It's Mr. Charles's dinner ( replacing cover on dish ) . MR . LAMB . Then - then why doesn't he eat it ? BECKY ( impatiently ) . Because he's ...
... BECKY . Your dinner , indeed ! When your stomach's bursting the top button off your waistcoat ! It's Mr. Charles's dinner ( replacing cover on dish ) . MR . LAMB . Then - then why doesn't he eat it ? BECKY ( impatiently ) . Because he's ...
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... BECKY ( taken aback ) . Who ? Me , sir ? Why surely , you know me , Mr. Lamb ? MR . LAMB . No , I do not know you . BECKY . Why , I'm Becky - servant ' ere since Miss Mary was took away . MR . LAMB ( as though talking of someone else ) ...
... BECKY ( taken aback ) . Who ? Me , sir ? Why surely , you know me , Mr. Lamb ? MR . LAMB . No , I do not know you . BECKY . Why , I'm Becky - servant ' ere since Miss Mary was took away . MR . LAMB ( as though talking of someone else ) ...
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... Becky ! BECKY ( still busy unfastening his gaiters ) . H'm , if you don't look after yourself a bit more , I'll be dressing you in your shroud before you'm much older ! CHARLES ( grinning at her ) . Ap'p'plying at the undertaker's for a ...
... Becky ! BECKY ( still busy unfastening his gaiters ) . H'm , if you don't look after yourself a bit more , I'll be dressing you in your shroud before you'm much older ! CHARLES ( grinning at her ) . Ap'p'plying at the undertaker's for a ...
Contents
First Meeting with His Biographer | 21 |
An AfterDinner | 28 |
Unrecalled Memories | 34 |
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