The Elian Miscellany: A Charles Lamb AnthologyS. M. Rich H. Joseph, 1931 - 363 pages |
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... essays are the result of careful manipulation . They are elaborate studies in style , and even in colour . Nothing is more remarkable about the essays than the contrasts of colour they present- another illustration of Lamb's sympathy ...
... essays are the result of careful manipulation . They are elaborate studies in style , and even in colour . Nothing is more remarkable about the essays than the contrasts of colour they present- another illustration of Lamb's sympathy ...
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... essays and literary criticisms . He edited The Collected Essays of Charles Lamb in 1929 . SPECULATION AND CONDUCT Let us consider briefly the probable effects of speculative habits on conduct . The decision of a question of conduct has ...
... essays and literary criticisms . He edited The Collected Essays of Charles Lamb in 1929 . SPECULATION AND CONDUCT Let us consider briefly the probable effects of speculative habits on conduct . The decision of a question of conduct has ...
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... Essays of Elia . ALFRED AINGER , in Introduction to Essays of Elia ( 1883 ) . A SUMMER OUT OF A SWALLOW There are two very different kinds of humour . One we naturally describe as a flavour , the other as an atmosphere . We speak of the ...
... Essays of Elia . ALFRED AINGER , in Introduction to Essays of Elia ( 1883 ) . A SUMMER OUT OF A SWALLOW There are two very different kinds of humour . One we naturally describe as a flavour , the other as an atmosphere . We speak of the ...
Contents
First Meeting with His Biographer | 21 |
An AfterDinner | 28 |
Unrecalled Memories | 34 |
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