The Elian Miscellany: A Charles Lamb AnthologyS. M. Rich H. Joseph, 1931 - 363 pages |
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Page 93
... Spirit , when yet he makes Spirits perceive his presence . My gentle - hearted Charles ! when the last rook Beat its straight path along the dusky air Homewards , I blest it ! deeming , its black wing ( Now a dim speck , now vanishing ...
... Spirit , when yet he makes Spirits perceive his presence . My gentle - hearted Charles ! when the last rook Beat its straight path along the dusky air Homewards , I blest it ! deeming , its black wing ( Now a dim speck , now vanishing ...
Page 119
... spirit with Shakespeare , and with Shakespeare's fellows or followers , the author of John Woodvil , who might till then have seemed to unsympathetic readers of that little tragedy no more than the " moonshine shadow " of an Elizabethan ...
... spirit with Shakespeare , and with Shakespeare's fellows or followers , the author of John Woodvil , who might till then have seemed to unsympathetic readers of that little tragedy no more than the " moonshine shadow " of an Elizabethan ...
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... spirit of the synagogue is essentially separative . B would have been more in keeping if he had abided by the faith of his forefathers . There is a fine scorn in his face , which Nature meant to be of Christians . The Hebrew spirit is ...
... spirit of the synagogue is essentially separative . B would have been more in keeping if he had abided by the faith of his forefathers . There is a fine scorn in his face , which Nature meant to be of Christians . The Hebrew spirit is ...
Contents
First Meeting with His Biographer | 21 |
An AfterDinner | 28 |
Unrecalled Memories | 34 |
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