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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.

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
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Poet
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London
England
Urban
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Door
Doors
Interest
Rural
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Exceed
Many
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Life
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