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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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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
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Never
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Life
Mountain
Friendship
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Pleasure
Another
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