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Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door.

Charles Lamb

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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
Door
Doors
Interest
Rural
Sound
Exceed
Many
Knock
Life
Include
Urban
Sounds

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