Charles Lamb, "Amicus Redivivus", Last Essays of Elia (1833).
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Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body came to be called in question by it.
— Charles Lamb on Absence
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About Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) 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 along with his sister, Mary Lamb.
About Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) 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 along with his sister, Mary Lamb.
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