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The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb novel. A total of 559 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb.by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb.PREFACE TO THE NEW EDIT
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb.by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb.PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION This edition is the same as that in seven large volumes published between 1903 and 1905, except that it has been revised and amended and arranged in more companion
- 201 An Alb.u.m is a Banquet: from the store, In his intelligential Orchard growing, Your Sire might heap your board to overflowing; One shaking of the Tree--'twould ask no more To set a Salad forth, more rich than that Which Evelyn[12] in his princely co
- 202 O lift with reverent hand that tarnish'd flower, That 'shrines beneath her modest canopy Memorials dear to Romish piety; Dim specks, rude shapes, of Saints! in fervent hour The work perchance of some meek devotee, Who, poor in worldly treasures
- 203 An Ape is but a trivial beast, Men count it light and vain; But I would let them have their thoughts, To have my Ape again.To love a beast in any sort, Is no great sign of grace; But I have loved a flouting Ape's 'Bove any lady's face.I hav
- 204 TO EMMA, LEARNING LATIN, AND DESPONDING (_By Mary Lamb_. ? 1827) Droop not, dear Emma, dry those falling tears, And call up smiles into thy pallid face, Pallid and care-worn with thy arduous race: In few brief months thou hast done the work of years.To yo
- 205 _From the Latin of Palingenius, in the Zodiacus Vitae_ (1832) But now time warns (my mission at an end) That to Jove's starry court I re-ascend; From whose high battlements I take delight To scan your earth, diminish'd to the sight, Pendant, and
- 206 ADDITIONAL ALb.u.m VERSES AND ACROSTICS WHAT IS AN ALb.u.m?'Tis a Book kept by modern Young Ladies for show, Of which their plain grandmothers nothing did know.'Tis a medley of sc.r.a.ps, fine verse, and fine prose, And some things not very like
- 207 For it _Wisdom_ means, which pa.s.ses Rubies, pearls, or golden ma.s.ses.Ever try that Name to merit; Never quit what you inherit, Duly from your Father's spirit.TO R[OTHA] Q[UILLINAN]_Acrostic_ ROTHA, how in numbers light, Ought I to express thee?Ta
- 208 TO MRS. SARAH ROBINSON Soul-breathing verse, thy gentlest guise put on And greet the honor'd name of Robinson.Rome in her throng'd and stranger-crowded streets, And palaces, where pilgrim _pilgrim_ meets, Holds not, respected Sarah, one that can
- 209 POLITICAL AND OTHER EPIGRAMS TO SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH (1801) Though thou'rt like Judas, an apostate black, In the resemblance one thing thou dost lack: When he had gotten his ill-purchased pelf, He went away, and wisely hanged himself.This thou may�
- 210 SONNET _St. Crispin to Mr. Gifford_ (1819) All unadvised, and in an evil hour, Lured by aspiring thoughts, my son, you daft The lowly labours of the Gentle Craft For learned toils, which blood and spirits sour.All things, dear pledge, are not in all men&#
- 211 _Suggested by a Sight of Waltham Cross_ (1827) Time-mouldering CROSSES, gemm'd with imagery Of costliest work, and Gothic tracery, Point still the spots, to hallow'd wedlock dear, Where rested on its solemn way the bier, That bore the bones of E
- 212 MARMOR LOQUITUR He lies a Volunteer so fine, Who died of a decline, As you or I, may do one day; Reader, think of this, I pray; And I humbly hope you'll drop a tear For my poor Royal Volunteer.He was as brave as brave could be, n.o.body was so brave
- 213 VI Her bones peep'd through a rhinoceros' skin, Like a mummy's through its cerement; But she had a mother's heart, and guess'd What pinch'd her son; whom she thus address'd In terms that bespoke endearment.VII "What
- 214 XXIV "But how do you know the fair maid's mind?"-- Quoth he, "Her loss was but recent; And I could not speak _my_ mind you know, Just when I was fetching her father below-- It would have been hardly decent.XXV "But a leer from her
- 215 XI "Your crown and your sceptre I like full well, They tempt a poor maiden's pride, Sir; But your lands and possessions--excuse if I'm rude-- Are too far in a Northerly lat.i.tude For me to become your Bride, Sir.XII "In that aguish cl
- 216 But the heat, and the press, and the noise, and the din, Were so great, that, howe'er unwilling, Our Reporter no longer was able to stay, But came in his own defence away, And left the Bride quadrilling.PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES EPILOGUE TO G.o.dWIN�
- 217 Art. IV."Whereas their Lords Commissioners (the church) Do strictly authorise the right of search: As always practis'd--you're to understand By these what articles are contraband; Guns, mortars, pistols, halberts, swords, pikes, lances, Bal
- 218 _Gosling_. b.o.o.by, cease!I mean a Play._Sampson_. Oh!_Gosling_. And to crown my joys, 'Twas acted-- _Sampson_. Well, and how-- _Gosling_. It made a noise, A kind of mingled--(_as if musing_)._Sampson_. Aye, describe it, try._Gosling_. Like--Were yo
- 219 JOHN WOODVIL A TRAGEDY (1798-1802. _Text of_ 1818) CHARACTERS SIR WALTER WOODVIL. JOHN. } SIMON. } _his sons._ LOVEL. } GRAY. } _Pretended friends of John._ SANDFORD. _Sir Walters old steward._ MARGARET. _Orphan ward of Sir Walter._ FOUR GENTLEMEN. _Johns
- 220 PETER Thank you, Francis. And heres to thee. (_Drinks._) MARTIN I shall be fuddled anon. DANIEL And drunkenness I hold to be a very despicable vice. ALL O! a shocking vice. (_They drink round._) PETER In as much as it taketh away the understanding. DANIEL
- 221 ALL O! monstrous!PETER Fellow servants, a thought strikes me.--Do we, or do we not, come under the penalties of the treason-act, by reason of our being privy to this man's concealment.ALL Truly a sad consideration._To them enters Sandford suddenly._
- 222 "When Love grows cold, and indifference has usurped upon old Esteem, it is no marvel if the world begin to account _that_ dependence, which hitherto has been esteemed honorable shelter. The course I have taken (in leaving this house, not easily wroug
- 223 Then why not I? What's Charles to me, or Oliver, But as my own advancement hangs on one of them?I to myself am chief.--I know, Some shallow mouths cry out, that I am smit With the gauds and shew of state, the point of place, And trick of precedence,
- 224 MARGARET Free liberty of Sherwood, And leave to take her lot with you in the forest.SIR WALTER A scant pet.i.tion, Margaret, but take it, Seal'd with an old man's tears.-- Rise, daughter of Sir Rowland.(_Addresses them both._) O you most worthy,
- 225 JOHN He hath his stoopings and reposes; but his proper element is the sky, and in the suburbs of the empyrean.THIRD GENTLEMAN Is your wine-intellectual so exquisite? henceforth, I, a man of plain conceit, will, in all humility, content my mind with canari
- 226 THIRD GENTLEMAN There is reason in what he says.SECOND GENTLEMAN Charge on then, bottle in hand. There's husbandry in that.(_They go out, singing. Only Level remains, who observes Woodvil_.) JOHN (_still talking to himself_) This Lovel here's of
- 227 LOVEL (_drawing_) Then self-defence plead my excuse.Have at you, sir. (_They fight_.) JOHN Stay, sir.I hope you have made your will.If not, 'tis no great matter.A broken cavalier has seldom much He can bequeath: an old worn peruke, A snuff-box with a
- 228 SCENE.--_Woodvil Hall_.SANDFORD. MARGARET.(_As from a Journey_.) SANDFORD The violence of the sudden mischance hath so wrought in him, who by nature is allied to nothing less than a self-debasing humour of dejection, that I have never seen any thing more
- 229 (_John is discovered kneeling.--Margaret standing over him_.) JOHN (_rises_) I cannot bear To see you waste that youth and excellent beauty, ('Tis now the golden time of the day with you,) In tending such a broken wretch as I am.MARGARET John will br
- 230 _A mischief, And a nine-fold-withering curse: For that shall come to thee that will undo thee, Both all that thou fearest and worse_.So saying, she departed, Leaving Sir Francis like a man, beneath Whose feet a scaffolding was suddenly falling; So he desc
- 231 MR. H.You have paid him?LANDLORD There is the receipt, Sir, only not quite filled up, no name, only blank--"Blank, Dr. to Zekiel Spanish for one pair of best hessians."Now, Sir, he wishes to know what name he shall put in, who he shall say "
- 232 SECOND GENTLEMAN Phoo! that is the charm, Who is he? and What is he? and What is his name?--The man with the great nose on his face never excited more of the gaping pa.s.sion of wonderment in the dames of Strasburg, than this new-comer with the single let
- 233 BELVIL Ha, ha, ha, but what course do you mean to pursue?MR. H.To engage the affections of some generous girl, who will be content to take me as Mr. H.BELVIL Mr. H.?MR. H.Yes, that is the name I go by here; you know one likes to be as near the truth as po
- 234 _Enter Susan_.BOTH Well, Susan, have you heard any thing who the strange gentleman is?SUSAN Haven't you heard? it's all come out; Mrs. Guesswell, the parson's widow, has been here about it. I overheard her talking in confidence to Mrs. Sett
- 235 FIRST FOOTMAN That's not it, your honour.SECOND FOOTMAN You speak.FIRST FOOTMAN But if your honour would just be pleased to---- SECOND FOOTMAN Only be pleased to---- MR. H.Be quick with what you have to say, for I am in haste.FIRST FOOTMAN Just to---
- 236 FIRST LADY A cross, I believe, you would willingly hang at.MELESINDA Intolerable spite!(MR. H. _is announced_.) (_Enter_ MR. H.) FIRST LADY O, Mr. H. we are so glad---- SECOND LADY We have been so dull---- THIRD LADY So perfectly lifeless----You owe it to
- 237 FIFTH LADY Vile!SIXTH LADY Shocking!FIRST LADY Odious!SECOND LADY Hogs----pah!THIRD LADY A smelling bottle--look to Miss Melesinda. Poor thing! it is no wonder.You had better keep off from her, Mr. Hogsflesh, and not be pressing about her in her circ.u.ms
- 238 LANDLORD What is done can't be undone; you can't make a silken purse out of a sow's ear.MR. H.As you say, Landlord, thinking of a thing does but augment it.LANDLORD Does but _hogment_ it, indeed, Sir.MR. H._Hogment_ it! d.a.m.n it, I said,
- 239 BELVIL Such a thing has been known as a name to be changed; but not by a subject--(_shews a Gazette_).MR. H.Gnawing at the root (_suddenly s.n.a.t.c.hes the paper out of Belvil's hand_); ha! pis.h.!.+ nonsense! give it me--what! (_reads_) promotions,
- 240 FLINT Carry those umbrellas, cottons, and wearing-apparel, up stairs. You may send that chest of tools to Robins's.WILLIAM That which you lent six pounds upon to the journeyman carpenter that had the sick wife?FLINT The same.WILLIAM The man says, if
- 241 SCENE II.--_A Butcher's Shop._ CUTLET. BEN.CUTLET Reach me down that book off the shelf, where the shoulder of veal hangs.BEN Is this it?CUTLET No--this is "Flowers of Sentiment"--the other--aye, this is a good book."An Argument agains
- 242 CUTLET Some in drunken quarrels-- LUCY (_Aloud._) The butcher's shop at the corner.CUTLET What were you saying about poor Cleaver?LUCY He has found his ears at last. (_Aside._) That he has had his house burnt down.CUTLET Bless me!LUCY I saw four smal
- 243 PENDULOUS This served the purpose of a temporary concealment well enough; but when it came to the--_alibi_--I think they call it--excuse these technical terms, they are hardly fit for the mouth of a gentleman, the _witnesses_--that is another term--that I
- 244 CUTLET Lord have mercy upon us! not so bad as that comes to, I hope?PENDULOUS When she joins in the judgment of an illiberal world against me-- CUTLET You said HANGED, Sir--that is, I mean, perhaps I mistook you. How ghastly he looks!PENDULOUS Fear me not
- 245 _(Betty retires to the window to read the letter, Mr. Pendulous enters.)_ MISS FLYN My dear Pendulous!PENDULOUS Maria!--nay, shun the embraces of a disgraced man, who comes but to tell you that you must renounce his society for ever.MISS FLYN Nay, Pendulo
- 246 MISS FLYN And yet I am more than half persuaded it is feasible._Enter Betty._ BETTY Mr. Davenport is below, ma'am, and desires to speak with you.MARIAN You will excuse me--_(going--turning back.)_--You will remember the casket? _[Exit.]_ MISS FLYN De
- 247 MISS FLYN The same----now I have him sure.JUSTICE Let him be sent for. I believe the gentleman to be respectable, and will accept his security.FLINT Why do I waste my time, where I have no business? None--I have none any more in the world--none._Enter Pen
- 248 FLINT I guess what is pa.s.sing in your mind, Mr. Davenport; but you have behaved upon the whole so like a man of honour, that it will give me pleasure, if you will visit at my house for the future; but _(smiling)_ not clandestinely, Marian.MARIAN Hush, f
- 249 SELBY 'Twas a bolt At random shot; but if it hit, believe me, I am most sorry to have wounded you Through a friend's side. I know not how we have swerved From our first talk. I was to caution you Against this fault of a too grateful nature: Whic
- 250 LUCY To drive her and her pride to Lucifer, I hope he means. [_Aside_.]MRS. FRAMPTON I must go trim myself; this humbled garb Would shame a wedding feast. I have your leave For a short absence?--and your Katherine-- SELBY You'll find her in her close
- 251 This posture to your friend had better suited The orphan Katherine in her humble school-days To the _then_ rich heiress, than the wife of Selby, Of wealthy Mr. Selby, To the poor widow Frampton, sunk as she is.Come, come, 'Twas something, or 'tw
- 252 MRS. FRAMPTON What mean his alter'd tones? These looks to me, Whose glances yet he has repell'd with coolness?Is the wind changed? I'll veer about with it, And meet him in all fas.h.i.+ons. [_Aside._]All my leisure, Feebly bestow'd upo
- 253 [_Exeunt._]SCENE.-_Mrs. Selby's Chamber._ MRS. FRAMPTON. KATHERINE.MRS. FRAMPTON Did I express myself in terms so strong?KATHERINE As nothing could have more affrighted me.MRS. FRAMPTON Think it a hurt friend's jest, in retribution Of a suspecte
- 254 MRS. FRAMPTON 'Tis no such serious matter. It was--Huntingdon.SELBY How have three little syllables pluck'd from me A world of countless hopes!-- [_Aside_.]Evasive Widow.MRS. FRAMPTON How, Sir! I like not this.[_Aside_.]SELBY No, no, I meant Not
- 255 KATHERINE But brief or long, I feel my fate hangs on it.[_Aside_.]SELBY "One morn the Caliph, in a covert hid, Close by an arbour where the two boys talk'd (As oft, we read, that Eastern sovereigns Would play the eaves-dropper, to learn the trut
- 256 Page 5. _Methinks how dainty sweet it were, reclin'd._ When this sonnet was printed by Coleridge in 1796 the sestet was made to run thus:-- But ah! sweet scenes of fancied bliss, adieu!On rose-leaf beds amid your faery bowers I all too long have lost
- 257 Page 9. _We were two pretty babes, the youngest she._ First printed in the _Monthly Magazine_, July, 1796. "The next and last [wrote Lamb in the letter to Coleridge referred to in the notes on page 310] I value most of all. 'Twas composed close
- 258 Lamb admired Cowper greatly in those days--particularly his "Crazy Kate"("Task," Book I., 534-556). "I have been reading 'The Task' with fresh delight," he says on December 5, 1796. "I am glad you love Cowper.
- 259 In the last paragraph of the poem is a hint of "The Old Familiar Faces,"that was to follow it in the course of a few months.Lines 52, 53. _And one, above the rest_. Probably Coleridge is meant.Page 24. _Written soon after the Preceding Poem_.The
- 260 Page 30. _A Ballad Noting the Difference of Rich and Poor_.These two poems formed, in the _John Woodvil_ volume, 1802, portions of the "Fragments of Burton," which will be found in Vol. I. Lamb afterwards took out these poems and printed them se
- 261 In the letter to Dorothy Wordsworth of June 14, 1805, quoted just above, Lamb says: "I cannot resist transcribing three or four Lines which poor Mary [she was at this time away from home in one of her enforced absences] made upon a Picture (a Holy Fa
- 262 TO CHARLES LAMB On the Reviewal of his _Alb.u.m Verses_ in the _Literary Gazette_.Charles Lamb, to those who know thee justly dear, For rarest genius, and for sterling worth, Unchanging friends.h.i.+p, warmth of heart sincere, And wit that never gave an i
- 263 Page 52. _The Christening._ These lines were first printed in _Blackwood's Magazine,_ May, 1829.Page 53. _On an Infant Dying as soon as Born._ This poem was first printed in _The Gem,_ 1829. _The Gem_ was then edited by Thomas Hood, whose child--his
- 264 Page 59. _Written at Cambridge_.This sonnet was first printed in _The Examiner_, August 29 and 30, 1819, and was dated August 15. Lamb, we now know, from a letter recently discovered, was in Cambridge in August, 1819, just after being refused by Miss Kell
- 265 Mrs. Williams probably then suggested that Lamb should write her epitaph, for in his next letter he says:--"I have ventured upon some lines, which combine my old acrostic talent (which you first found out) with my new profession of epitaphmonger. As
- 266 Page 79. _In the Alb.u.m of Rotha Q----_.Rotha Quillinan, younger daughter of Edward Quillinan (1791-1851), Wordsworth's friend and, afterwards, son-in-law. His first wife, a daughter of Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, was burned to death in 1822 under t
- 267 Printed in the _London Magazine_, October, 1820, where it was preceded by these words:-- "To THE EDITOR "Mr. Editor,--The riddling lines which I send you, were written upon a young lady, who, from her diverting sportiveness in childhood, was nam
- 268 Page 94. _Lines for a Monument_....First printed in _The Athenaeum_, November 5, 1831, and again in _The Tatler_, Hunt's paper, December 31, 1831. In August, 1830, four sons and two daughters of John and Ann Rigg, of York, were drowned in the Ouse.Se
- 269 Page 105. _The First Leaf of Spring_.Printed in _The Athenaeum_, January 10, 1846, contributed probably by Thomas Westwood. In a note prefacing the three poems which he was sending, this correspondent stated that "The First Leaf of Spring" had b
- 270 From the copy preserved among Henry Crabb Robinson's papers at Dr.Williams' Library. Sarah Robinson was the niece of H.C.R., who was the pilgrim in Rome. The stranger to thy land was Emma Isola, Fornham, in Suffolk, where she was living, being n
- 271 Page 115. _Twelfth Night Characters_...._Morning Post_, January 8, 1802.These epigrams were identified by the late Mr. d.y.k.es Campbell from a letter of Lamb's to John Rickman, dated Jan. 14, 1802, printed in Ainger's edition.A---- is, of cours
- 272 Page 120. _Song for the C----n_._The Champion_, July 15 and 16, 1820. Reprinted in _The Poetical Recreations of "The Champion,"_ 1822.A song for the Coronation, which was fixed for 1821. Queen Caroline returned to England in June, 1820, staying
- 273 _The Literary Gazette_ was William Jerdan's paper, a poor thing, which Lamb had reason to dislike for the attack it made upon him when _Alb.u.m Verses_ was published (see note on page 331)._The Examiner_ began the attack on August 14, 1830. All the e
- 274 William G.o.dwin's tragedy "Faulkener" was produced at Drury Lane, December 16, 1807, with some success. Lamb's letters to G.o.dwin of September 9 and 17, 1801, suggest that he had a share in the framing of the plot. Later the play was
- 275 First published in 1802 in a slender volume ent.i.tled _John Woodvil: a Tragedy. By C. Lamb. To which are added Fragments of Burton, the author of the Anatomy of Melancholy._ The full contents of the book were:-- John Woodvil; Ballad, From the German (see
- 276 "C. LAMB."The two persons were undoubtedly Charles Lamb and his sister.]Before proceeding to the MS. itself, it will be desirable to refer to Lamb's letter to Manning of February 15, 1802, in which he defends himself against Manning's
- 277 Before night comes we will contrive to meet, And then I will tell you further. Till when, farewell._Sandford_. My prayers go with you, Lady, and your counsels, And heaven so prosper them, as I wish you well.[_They part several ways_.]Here follows:-- Scene
- 278 Might find a poor grave in some spot, not far From his mistress' family vault, "being the place Where one day Anna should herself be laid."(So far in the _Magazine_.) [Footnote 32: "With" (_London Magazine_).][Footnote 33: "I
- 279 And so to the end of her long speech as printed [page 189].At this point in the MS. comes in "the hodge-podge of German puerilities" (see the letter to Manning, February 15, 1802), the sacrifice of which so discontented Manning, who evidently co
- 280 _Robert_. G.o.d bless your honour for your kindness to my poor father._John_. Pray, now make haste. You may chance to come in time.[_Robert goes out_.]_John_. Go get some firewood, Francis, And get my supper ready. [_Francis goes out_.]The night is bitter
- 281 Still have the will without the power to execute, As unfear'd Eunuchs meditate a rape.This simile, which one reviewer fell upon with some violence, was not reprinted.Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, writing in The Athenceum, December 28, 1901, remarks: "T
- 282 Page 208. _The man with the great nose_. See Slawkenbergiuss tale in _Tristram Shandy_, Vol. IV. Page 212. _The feeling Hurley_. Harley was the hero of Henry Mackenzies novel, _The Man of Feeling_. Page 217. _Jeremiah Pry_. John Poole may have taken a hin
- 283 The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb.Vol. 5.by Edited by E. V. Lucas.PREFACE This edition of the correspondence of Charles and Mary Lamb contains 618 letters, of which 45 are by Mary Lamb alone. It is the only edition to contain all Mary Lamb's letters
- 284 which had been printed in Coleridge's _Poems_, 1796. The second, third and fourth of the sonnets that are copied in this letter were printed in the second edition of Coleridge's _Poems_, 1797. Anna is generally supposed to be Ann Simmons, referr
- 285 The 4th Epistle is that to Joseph Cottle, Coleridge's publisher and the author of the "Monody on Henderson," referred to in Coleridge's verses.The lines which Lamb quotes are Cottle's. The poem by Sara Coleridge is "The Silve
- 286 "Then up rose our bard, like a prophet in drink, Craigdoroch, thou'lt soar when creation shall sink."BURNS._Thursday_ [June 16, 1796].I am now in high hopes to be able to visit you, if perfectly convenient on your part, by the end of next m
- 287 LETTER 7 CHARLES LAMB TO S.T. COLERIDGE the 6th July [P.M. July 7, 1796].Subst.i.tute in room of that last confused & incorrect Paragraph, following the words "disastrous course," these lines [Sidenote: Vide 3d page of this epistle.]{ With bette
- 288 The child by her cries quickly brought up the landlord of the house, but too late--the dreadful scene presented to him the mother lifeless, pierced to the heart, on a chair, her daughter yet wildly standing over her with the fatal knife, and the venerable
- 289 CHARLES LAMB TO S.T. COLERIDGE Oct. 24th, 1796. [Monday.]Coleridge, I feel myself much your debtor for that spirit of confidence and friends.h.i.+p which dictated your last letter. May your soul find peace at last in your cottage life! I only wish you wer
- 290 LETTER 14 CHARLES LAMB TO S. T. COLERIDGE Nov. 14th, 1796.Coleridge, I love you for dedicating your poetry to Bowles. Genius of the sacred fountain of tears, it was he who led you gently by the hand through all this valley of weeping, showed you the dark
- 291 As it happened Coleridge did not begin his second edition with the "Joan of Arc" lines, but with the "Ode to the New Year." The "Religious Musings" brought Coleridge's part of the volume to a close.The poem on page 73 wa
- 292 That softer name, perhaps more gladly still, Might he demand them at the gates of death."I cannot but smile to see my Granny so gayly deck'd forth: tho', I think, whoever altered "thy" praises to "her" praises, "thy
- 293 LETTER 19 CHARLES LAMB TO S. T. COLERIDGE [Dated outside: Jan. 2, 1797.]Your success in the higher species of the Ode is such, as bespeaks you born for atchievements of loftier enterprize than to linger in the lowly train of songsters and sonneteurs. Sinc
- 294 Our house is better than we expected--there is a comfortable bedroom and sitting-room for C. Lloyd, and another for us, a room for Nanny, a kitchen, and out-house. Before our door a clear brook runs of very soft water; and in the back yard is a nice _well
- 295 [Coleridge intended to print in his new edition the lines that he had contributed to Southey's _Joan of Arc_, 1796, with certain additions, under the t.i.tle "The Progress of Liberty; or, The Visions of the Maid of Orleans." Writing to Cott
- 296 C. LAMB.[Lloyd's domestication with Coleridge had been intermittent. It began in September, 1796; in November Lloyd was very ill; in December Coleridge told Mr. Lloyd that he would retain his son no longer as pupil but merely as a lodger and friend;
- 297 Monday Night.["Little drawer where I keep ..." Lamb soon lost the habit of keeping any letters, except Manning's."Wanderings with a fair-hair'd maid." Lamb's own line. See sonnet quoted above.Lamb's visit to Stowey
- 298 Tom Poole was Thomas Poole (1765-1837), a wealthy tanner, and Coleridge's friend, correspondent and patron, who lived at Stowey.The Patriot and John Thelwall were one. See note on page 93."That inscription," The "Lines left upon a Seat
- 299 and some most false, False and fair-foliag'd as the Manchineel, Have tempted me to slumber in their shade --the manchineel being a poisonous West Indian tree.Between this and the next letter probably came correspondence that has now been lost.]LETTER
- 300 Presuming on our long habits of friends.h.i.+p and emboldened further by your late liberal permission to avail myself of your correspondence, in case I want any knowledge, (which I intend to do when I have no Encyclopaedia or Lady's Magazine at hand