The last breath I drew in he wished might be through a pipe and exhaled in a pun.
Charles Lamb Quotes
A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins.
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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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