The Elian Miscellany: A Charles Lamb AnthologyS. M. Rich H. Joseph, 1931 - 363 pages |
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... called a trans- figuration that sleep had worked in his face ; for the features wore essentially the same expression when waking ; but sleep spiritualized that expression , exalted it , and also harmonized it . Much of the change lay in ...
... called a trans- figuration that sleep had worked in his face ; for the features wore essentially the same expression when waking ; but sleep spiritualized that expression , exalted it , and also harmonized it . Much of the change lay in ...
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... called on his sister to vouch for the truth of this story . He hated the country , and loved to walk on the London road , because then he could fancy that he was wending thither . He was a great walker . He never read what any of the ...
... called on his sister to vouch for the truth of this story . He hated the country , and loved to walk on the London road , because then he could fancy that he was wending thither . He was a great walker . He never read what any of the ...
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... called Nancy . ' " ( I had forgotten for what " Nancy " was really the affectionate and familiar alternative . ) " Ann Simmons , " then , had been the Anna , the Alice , with the watchet eyes and the " yellow Hertford- shire hair ...
... called Nancy . ' " ( I had forgotten for what " Nancy " was really the affectionate and familiar alternative . ) " Ann Simmons , " then , had been the Anna , the Alice , with the watchet eyes and the " yellow Hertford- shire hair ...
Contents
First Meeting with His Biographer | 21 |
An AfterDinner | 28 |
Unrecalled Memories | 34 |
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