Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb
Charles Lambwas an English writer and essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth10 February 1775
memories long soul
And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.
lying heart world
When true hearts lie wither'd And fond ones are flown, Oh, who would inhabit This bleak world alone?
gambling folds
Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.
gambling games fire
A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigour of the game.
writing age damn
Damn the age. I'll write for antiquity.
cousin brother father
Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert thou not born in my father's dwelling?
sick enjoy prerogative
To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.
sleep names shade
Oh, breathe not his name! let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid
dog gentleman sake
For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print... substitute drunken dog, ragged head, seld-shaven, odd-eyed, stuttering, or any other epithet which truly and properly belongs to the gentleman in question.
women wife maids
Since all the maids are good and lovable, from whence come the bad wives?
reality theatre pressure
We do not go to the theatre like our ancestors, to escape from the pressure of reality, so much as to confirm our experience of it.
lying eye light
The light that lies In woman's eyes.
love flower eye
Fly not yet; 't is just the hour When pleasure, like the midnight flower That scorns the eye of vulgar light, Begins to bloom for sons of night And maids who love the moon.
love sweet thinking
'T is sweet to think that where'er we rove We are sure to find something blissful and dear; And that when we 're far from the lips we love, We 've but to make love to the lips we are near.