The Elian Miscellany: A Charles Lamb AnthologyS. M. Rich H. Joseph, 1931 - 363 pages |
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Page 118
... gave all it had and felt that it could not give enough , what other recognition or what fitter acknowledgment could he receive from such as these than their distaste and their contempt ? What they had to give they gave him ; that so ...
... gave all it had and felt that it could not give enough , what other recognition or what fitter acknowledgment could he receive from such as these than their distaste and their contempt ? What they had to give they gave him ; that so ...
Page 121
... gave only the sharper insight to his love , the keener edge to his judgment and the rare composition of all such highest qualities as we find scattered or confused in others raised criticism in his case to the level of creation , and ...
... gave only the sharper insight to his love , the keener edge to his judgment and the rare composition of all such highest qualities as we find scattered or confused in others raised criticism in his case to the level of creation , and ...
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... gave her the annuity to which a wife would have been entitled - but of which he could not feel assured . Living among literary men , some less distinguished and less discreet than those whom we have mentioned , he was constantly ...
... gave her the annuity to which a wife would have been entitled - but of which he could not feel assured . Living among literary men , some less distinguished and less discreet than those whom we have mentioned , he was constantly ...
Contents
First Meeting with His Biographer | 21 |
An AfterDinner | 28 |
Unrecalled Memories | 34 |
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