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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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I have sat through an Italian opera, til, for sheer pain, and inexplicable anguish, I have rushed out into the noisiest places of the crowded street, to solace myself with sounds which I was not obliged to follow and get rid of the distracting torment of endless, fruitless, barren attention!
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Can we ring the bells backward? Can we unlearn the arts that pretend to civilize, and then burn the world? There is a march of science but who shall beat the drums for its retreat?
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This very night I am going to leave off tobacco! Surely there must be some other world in which this unconquerable purpose shall be realised.
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And when once the young heart of a maiden is stolen, The maiden herself will steal after it soon.
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If there be a regal solitude, it is a sick-bed. How the patient lords it there!
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The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims Tidings of good to Zion.
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The true poet dreams being awake.
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There was a little man, and he had a little soul And he said, Little Soul, let us try, try, try!
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Tis unpleasant to meet a beggar. It is painful to deny him and, if you relieve him, it is so much out of your pocket.
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Opinions is a species of property - I am always desirous of sharing.
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How I like to be liked, and what I do to be liked!
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Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.
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For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.
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I know that a sweet child is the sweetest thing in nature?but the prettier the kind of a thing is, the more desirable it is that it should be pretty of its kind.
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Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.
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Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing.
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Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.
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Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.
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This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, Theres nothing true but Heaven.
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Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my life.
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