The Elian Miscellany: A Charles Lamb AnthologyS. M. Rich H. Joseph, 1931 - 363 pages |
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... Temple . DATE : June 9th , 1834 . Invited to breakfast with a gentleman in the Temple to meet Charles Lamb and his sister- " Elia " and " Bridget Elia . " I never in my life had an invitation more to my taste . The essays of Elia are ...
... Temple . DATE : June 9th , 1834 . Invited to breakfast with a gentleman in the Temple to meet Charles Lamb and his sister- " Elia " and " Bridget Elia . " I never in my life had an invitation more to my taste . The essays of Elia are ...
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... Temple Church . From the moment that the word " Temple " was pronounced the ice was broken , and " indifference was no more . " Mrs. Tween was herself , she said , a native of the Temple , and it was there that her family's friendship ...
... Temple Church . From the moment that the word " Temple " was pronounced the ice was broken , and " indifference was no more . " Mrs. Tween was herself , she said , a native of the Temple , and it was there that her family's friendship ...
Page 333
... Temple . The place sees more of certain consequences of births , marriages , and deaths than of these actual events . But one of the natives was Charles Lamb , and in Monday in the Inner Temple a dinner and speeches celebrated the ...
... Temple . The place sees more of certain consequences of births , marriages , and deaths than of these actual events . But one of the natives was Charles Lamb , and in Monday in the Inner Temple a dinner and speeches celebrated the ...
Contents
First Meeting with His Biographer | 21 |
An AfterDinner | 28 |
Unrecalled Memories | 34 |
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