The last breath I drew in he wished might be through a pipe and exhaled in a pun.
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A votary of the desk---a notched and cropt scrivener---one that sucks his substance, as certain sick people are said to do, through a quill.
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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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