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She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
Afterwards
Book
Mind

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Half as sober as a judge.
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I love to lose myself in other men's minds.... Books think for me.
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