altruism

asparagus

beggar

book borrower

book borrowing

borrowing books

brandy

cards (game)

credulity

interstate

library

New Year's

pain

poet

preface

punning

sickness

truth

occupation / innovator as

literary critic

children's writer

nationality

British

playwright

is about delayed recognition. The greatest pleasure known is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.

is a Mutilator of collections, a spoiler of the symmetry shelves.

is the dastardly act of mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

is the abominable practice of mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

Borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

is, when mixed with water, a drink that spoils two good things.

A mixture of brandy and water spoils two good things.

is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

is merely a bundle of prejudices made up of likings and dislikings.

I am, in plainer words, a bundle of prejudices made up of likings and dislikings. (Charles Lamb)

is a highway system that makes it now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.

is where all the souls of all the writers have bequeathed their labours and are reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state.

fragrant as the first bloom of those sciential apples which grew amid the happy orchard.

is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.

is essentially life. As such the sharper the pain, the more evidence of life.

Pain is life the sharper, the more evidence of life. Charles Lamb

The true poet dreams being awake. (Charles Lamb)

is a pistol let off in the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

A pun is a pistol let off in the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

is an experience that enlarges the dimension of a man's self to himself

How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man's self to himself.

is no Doctoresse, she takes no degrees at Paris or Oxford... but oftentimes to such an one as myself, an Idiota or common person, no great things, melancholizing in woods where waters are, quiet places by rivers, fountains, whereas the silly man expecting no such matter, thinketh only how best to delectate and refresh his mynde continually with Natura her pleasaunt scenes, woods, water-falls, or Art her statelie gardens, parks, terraces, Belvideres, on a sudden the goddesse herself Truth has appeared, with a shyning lyghte, and a sparklyng countenance, so as yee may not be able lightly to resist her.

Truth is no Doctoresse, she takes no degrees at Paris or Oxford... but oftentimes to such an one as myself, an Idiota or common person, no great things, melancholizing in woods where waters are, quiet places by rivers, fountains, whereas the silly man expecting no such matter, thinketh only how best to delectate and refresh his mynde continually with Natura her pleasaunt scenes, woods, water-falls, or Art her statelie gardens, parks, terraces, Belvideres, on a sudden the goddesse herself Truth has appeared, with a shyning lyghte, and a sparklyng countenance, so as yee may not be able lightly to resist her.

Charles LambThinkers

Charles Lamb