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It is with some violation of the imagination that we conceive of an actor belonging to the relations of private life, so closely do we identify these persons in our mind with the characters which they assume upon the stage.

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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
Mind
Characters
Belonging
Life
Actor
Closely
Stage
Identify
Imagination
Relations
Actors
Assume
Upon
Assuming
Character
Relation
Conceive
Persons
Private
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