The Elian Miscellany: A Charles Lamb AnthologyS. M. Rich H. Joseph, 1931 - 363 pages |
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... Lamb and Shakespeare have much in common . Lamb's criticisms of Shakespeare , though not necessarily better than those of certain other writers , always seem to me to come from one peculiarly qualified to speak by reason of superior ...
... Lamb and Shakespeare have much in common . Lamb's criticisms of Shakespeare , though not necessarily better than those of certain other writers , always seem to me to come from one peculiarly qualified to speak by reason of superior ...
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... Lamb's criticism in a brief comparison of Lamb and Hazlitt . " Hazlitt's zest and connoisseurship are equally keen , but he has something less than Lamb's re- creative power , and he identifies himself less with the thing he loves ...
... Lamb's criticism in a brief comparison of Lamb and Hazlitt . " Hazlitt's zest and connoisseurship are equally keen , but he has something less than Lamb's re- creative power , and he identifies himself less with the thing he loves ...
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A Charles Lamb Anthology S. M. Rich. punning letter to Fanny Kelly , the actress with the " divine plain face " to whom Lamb made a proposal of marriage a few days after his letter was written . Miss Kelly's copy of Lamb's " Works ...
A Charles Lamb Anthology S. M. Rich. punning letter to Fanny Kelly , the actress with the " divine plain face " to whom Lamb made a proposal of marriage a few days after his letter was written . Miss Kelly's copy of Lamb's " Works ...
Contents
First Meeting with His Biographer | 21 |
An AfterDinner | 28 |
Unrecalled Memories | 34 |
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