The Elian Miscellany: A Charles Lamb AnthologyS. M. Rich H. Joseph, 1931 - 363 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 52
Page 27
... writings ; his writings the most original of the age . After the literary business had been settled , the Editor invited his contributor to dinner , adding : " We shall have a hare- And - and - and - and many friends ! " The hesitation ...
... writings ; his writings the most original of the age . After the literary business had been settled , the Editor invited his contributor to dinner , adding : " We shall have a hare- And - and - and - and many friends ! " The hesitation ...
Page 146
... writings . He delights to dwell on that which is fresh to the eye of memory ; he yearns after and covets what soothes the frailty of human nature . That touches him most nearly which is withdrawn to a certain distance , which verges on ...
... writings . He delights to dwell on that which is fresh to the eye of memory ; he yearns after and covets what soothes the frailty of human nature . That touches him most nearly which is withdrawn to a certain distance , which verges on ...
Page 263
... writings we seem to become aware of that doleful , heart- breaking , agonizing sound - the groan of the romanticist groping his way in the dark towards his goal : towards classicism , if he but knew it . Heaven help the romanticist ...
... writings we seem to become aware of that doleful , heart- breaking , agonizing sound - the groan of the romanticist groping his way in the dark towards his goal : towards classicism , if he but knew it . Heaven help the romanticist ...
Contents
First Meeting with His Biographer | 21 |
An AfterDinner | 28 |
Unrecalled Memories | 34 |
20 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration AUGUSTINE BIRRELL Ayrton Barry Cornwall beauty BECKY BERNARD BARTON called Carlyle character Charles and Mary Charles Lamb charm Christ's Hospital Coleridge Covent Garden cribbage criticism dear delight diddle dinner dream E. V. LUCAS Elia's English essayist Essays of Elia expression eyes face fancy father feel garden genius gentle gentleman George Dyer hand Hazlitt head heart Heaven humour India House Inner Temple Jews John kind Lamb's laugh Leigh Hunt letters literary literature live London Magazine look Mary Lamb memory mind Miss Lamb nature never night once person play poem poet poetry poor prose quaint remember schoolmaster seemed Shakespeare sister smile sonnet soul speak spirit stammering Street sweet talk taste Temple thee things Thomas thou thought verses walk whimsical whist Widford William William Hazlitt words Wordsworth writings wrote