The last breath I drew in he wished might be through a pipe and exhaled in a pun.
Charles Lamb Quotes
Ceremony is an invention to take off the uneasy feeling which we derive from knowing ourselves to be less the object of love and esteem with a fellow-creature than some other person is. It endeavours to make up, by superior attentions in little points, for that invidious preference which it is forced to deny in the greater.
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| Birth: | 10th February, 1775 |
| Death: | 27th December, 1834 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Essayist, Poet |
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Charles Lamb was born in Inner Temple, London, England. He was an English essayist and poet. best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb.
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