John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Charles Lamb. (1775–1834) (continued) |
| The very marrow of tradition ’s shown; And all that history, much that fiction weaves. |
| To the Editor of the Every-Day Book. |
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| He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society. |
| Captain Starkey. |
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| Neat, not gaudy. 1 |
| Letter to Wordsworth, 1806. |
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| Martin, if dirt was trumps, what hands you would hold! |
| Lamb’s Suppers. |
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| Returning to town in the stage-coach, which was filled with Mr. Gilman’s guests, we stopped for a minute or two at Kentish Town. A woman asked the coachman, “Are you full inside?” Upon which Lamb put his head through the window and said, “I am quite full inside; that last piece of pudding at Mr. Gilman’s did the business for me.” |
| Autobiographical Recollections. (Leslie.) |
| James Smith. (1775–1839) |
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| No Drury Lane for you to-day. |
| Rejected Addresses. The Baby’s Début. |
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| I saw them go: one horse was blind, The tails of both hung down behind, Their shoes were on their feet. |
| Rejected Addresses. The Baby’s Début. |
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| Lax in their gaiters, laxer in their gait. |
| The Theatre. |
| William Pitt. (d. 1840) |
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| A strong nor’-wester ’s blowing, Bill! Hark! don’t ye hear it roar now? Lord help ’em, how I pities them Unhappy folks on shore now! |
| The Sailor’s Consolation. |
| Note 1. See Shakespeare, Hamlet, Quotation 46. [back] |