The Elian Miscellany: A Charles Lamb AnthologyS. M. Rich H. Joseph, 1931 - 363 pages |
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... perhaps , call out and bid the hungry guest help himself without ceremony . We learn ( from Hazlitt ) that Martin Burney's eulogies on books were sometimes intermingled with expressions of his satisfaction with the veal pie which ...
... perhaps , call out and bid the hungry guest help himself without ceremony . We learn ( from Hazlitt ) that Martin Burney's eulogies on books were sometimes intermingled with expressions of his satisfaction with the veal pie which ...
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... perhaps as much of Catter- mole as of Goldsmith or Gray , that we are reminded : — " But would'st thou know the beauty of holiness ? -go alone on some week - day , borrowing the keys of good Master Sexton , traverse the cool aisles of ...
... perhaps as much of Catter- mole as of Goldsmith or Gray , that we are reminded : — " But would'st thou know the beauty of holiness ? -go alone on some week - day , borrowing the keys of good Master Sexton , traverse the cool aisles of ...
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... perhaps the strongest man of the whole circle of his acquaintances . The quality of gentleness lies , like that of mercy , at the very base perhaps of noble character , but as used in connexion with Lamb it seems to create in my mind a ...
... perhaps the strongest man of the whole circle of his acquaintances . The quality of gentleness lies , like that of mercy , at the very base perhaps of noble character , but as used in connexion with Lamb it seems to create in my mind a ...
Contents
First Meeting with His Biographer | 21 |
An AfterDinner | 28 |
Unrecalled Memories | 34 |
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