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Is it a stale remark to say that I have constantly found the interest excited at a playhouse to bear an exact inverse proportion to the price paid for admission?

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
Constantly
Remark
Excited
Admission
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Stale
Paid
Remarks
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Exact
Interest
Proportion
Found
Price
Playhouse
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