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
errand riddle short thy visit
Riddle of destiny, who can show / What thy short visit meant, or know / What thy errand here below?
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When I consider how little of a rarity children are / that every street and blind alley swarms with them / that the poorest people commonly have them in most abundance / that there are few marriages that are not blest with at least one of these bargains / how often they turn out ill, and defeat the fond hopes of their parents, taking to vicious courses, which end in poverty, disgrace, the gallows, etc. / I cannot for my life tell what cause for pride there can possibly be in having them.
common count date january nativity regarded
No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.
pouring
Angel-duck, angel-duck, winged and silly, / Pouring a watering-pot over a lily.
irrelevant nature poor relation
A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature
books cannot lose love sit
I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading. I cannot sit and think; books think for me.
came home hungry
I came home . . . hungry as a hunter.
less puzzles time troubles
Nothing puzzles me more than time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less
door exceed include interest knock rural sounds urban
Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door
blind favourite heard hearts people side
All people have their blind side - their superstitions; and I have heard her declare, under the rose, that hearts were her favourite suit.
lose love men
I love to lose myself in other men's minds.
book men thinking
I love to lose myself in other men's minds.... Books think for me.