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I hate a man who swallows [his food], affecting not to know what he is eating. I suspect his taste in higher matters.

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
Eating
Taste
Higher
Food
Swallows
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Affecting
Matter
Suspect
Men
Suspects
Matters

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A presentation copy, reader,-if haply you are yet innocent of such favours-is a copy of a book which does not sell, sent you by the author.
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