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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
- 559 Page 429. A CHECK TO HUMAN PRIDE. _London Magazine_, February, 1823. Not signed.Page 429. REVIEW OF DIBDIN'S "COMIC TALES."_The New Times_, January 27, 1825.I have no doubt that Lamb wrote this review, both from internal evidence and from w
- 558 That, sir, which serves and seeks for gain, And follows but for form, Will pack when it begins to rain, And leave thee in the storm.Page 402, second and third quotations. "_The Nut-Brown Maid._" This poem is given in the _Percy Reliques_. The oldest for
- 557 Page 391. THE LATIN POEMS OF VINCENT BOURNE._The Englishman's Magazine_, September, 1831.This article was unsigned, but it is known to be by Lamb from internal evidence and from the following letter to Moxon, the publisher of the magazine:-- "DE
- 556 This criticism of the Secondary Novels is usually preceded in the editions of Lamb's works by the following remarks contained in Lamb's letter to Wilson of December 16, 1822, which Wilson printed as page 428 of Vol. III., but they do not rightly
- 555 Lamb's "Defeat of Time" is a paraphrase of the first part of Hood's poem.Page 371, line 10. _"In the flowery spring," etc._ From Chapman's Translation of Homer's "Hymn to Pan," 31-33.Page 373, line 15 from
- 554 Page 360. VI.--AN APPEARANCE OF THE SEASON._Every-Day Book_, Vol. II., January 28, 1826. Not reprinted by Lamb.We know this to be Lamb's because the original copy was preserved at Rowfant, together with that of many other of Lamb's contributions
- 553 Hone's _Every-Day Book_, which purported to take account of every day in the year, had pa.s.sed without a word from February 28 to March 1. Hence this protest.Page 350, line 13. _An antique scroll_. On February 28 Hone printed these lines:-- FOR THE
- 552 _New Monthly Magazine_, June, 1826, where it formed part of the series of "Popular Fallacies," of which all the others were reprinted in the _Last Essays of Elia_. Lamb did not reprint it.The unnamed works referred to are _The Register of the Mo
- 551 Page 331, line 1. _My friends from over the water_. Referring to the prisoners in the King's Bench Prison at Southwark, who would be allowed out during the day--hence "ephemeral Romans," or freemen, and "flies of a day": being obl
- 550 And it is told of Lamb that he once complained that the Unitarians had robbed him of two-thirds of his G.o.d.I do not identify M----, the friend to whom this letter was written.Page 314. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MR. MUNDEN._London Magazine_, February, 1825. Not r
- 549 I have collated the pa.s.sage quoted by Lamb with the original edition of the sermon. Of the Latin phrases which Taylor does not translate, the first is from Sidonius Apollinaris, _Carm._, XXII.: "The stall of the Thracian King, the altars of Busiris, th
- 548 Page 270, line 9. _W. A._ William Ayrton (1777-1858), the musical critic; in Hazlitt's praise, "the Will Honeycomb of our set."Page 270, line 12. _Admiral Burney._ Rear-Admiral Burney (1750-1821), brother of f.a.n.n.y Burney, Madame D'Arblay. The Admi
- 547 We may set off against this the comment of Crabb Robinson:-- Nothing that Lamb has ever written has impressed me more strongly with the sweetness of his disposition and the strength of his affections.Coleridge and Hazlitt also both commended the "Letter.
- 546 Page 246. THE CONFESSIONS OF H. F. V. H. DELAMORE, ESQ._London Magazine_, April, 1821. First reprinted in Mr. Dobell's _Sidelights on Charles Lamb_, 1903.Lamb's "Chapter on Ears" had appeared in the March number, containing the sentence, "I was never
- 545 Page 224, line 12. _"Amateurs and Actors" ... Mr. Peak._ A musical farce, by Richard Brinsley Peake (1792-1847), produced in 1818.Page 224, last paragraph. _Last week's article._ That on "The Hypocrite," preceding this (see notes above). "A New Way
- 544 Page 220, line 6. _Miss Stevenson._ This actress afterwards became Mrs.Wiepperts.Page 220, line 12. _She that played Rachel._ Miss Kelly. Lamb returned to his praise of this piece and of Miss Kelly in it in a note to the "Garrick Plays," but he there cr
- 543 There is, however, enough genuine un-negatived Lamb (as he would say) remaining to make this edition of Wither a very desirable possession of all collectors of Lamb.What is even more surprising than Lamb's silence on the subject--which may easily be acco
- 542 In _The Champion_ for December 11, 1814, was printed a letter defending tailors against Lamb.Page 204. ON NEEDLE-WORK._The British Lady's Magazine and Monthly Miscellany_, April 1, 1815. By Mary Lamb.The authority for attributing this paper to Mary Lamb
- 541 Page 188, line 7. _Which Thomson so feelingly describes._ This is the pa.s.sage, from Thomson's _Seasons_, "Winter," 799-809:-- There, through the prison of unbounded wilds, Barr'd by the hand of Nature from escape, Wide roams the Russian exile. Nough
- 540 _The Examiner_, September 12, 1813. Signed .Page 180. VI.--[A TOWN RESIDENCE.]_The Examiner_, September 12, 1813. Signed .This note is another contribution to Lamb's many remarks on London.Allsop, in his reminiscences of Lamb in his _Letters, Conversatio
- 539 Page 165, line 9 from foot. _Philip Quarll's Island_. One of the imitations of _Robinson Crusoe_. The full t.i.tle ran: _The Hermit: or the unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman, who was lately discover
- 538 _Gentleman's Magazine_, November, 1811. Not reprinted by Lamb.Robert Lloyd (1778-1811) was a younger brother of Charles Lloyd, for a while Coleridge's pupil and Lamb's friend of the later nineties, with whom he collaborated in _Blank Verse,
- 537 Page 104, line 19. _The O.P. differences._ The O.P.--Old Prices--Riots raged in 1809. On September 18 of that year the new Covent Garden Theatre was opened under the management of John Philip Kemble and Charles Kemble, with a revised price list. The oppos
- 536 _Abhor._ Is the axe upon the block, sirrah?_Pom._ Very ready, sir.Act IV., Scene 3, lines 23-40.Page 73, line 3. _The Angel in Milton._ Made so adorn for they delight the more, So awful, that with honour thou may'st love Thy mate, who sees when thou
- 535 "THEATRE "COVENT GARDEN "Mr. Cooke performed _Lear_ in the celebrated Tragedy of that name at this Theatre last night. It is a character little suited to his talents. In the expression of strong and turbulent pa.s.sions, he will always find
- 534 Forgive me, BURNEY, if to thee these late And hasty products of a critic pen, Thyself no common judge of books and men, In feeling of thy worth I dedicate.My _verse_ was offered to an older friend; The humbler _prose_ has fallen to thy share: Nor could I
- 533 The soft blandishments of _Joan_, the gentle _Pope_-- Intriguing Hebe to the G.o.d of Game-- wrings from his austere Deity his slow permission for the interference of the Olympeans in the fight below, and accordingly they range on either side, as in the I
- 532 APPENDIX ESSAYS AND NOTES NOT CERTAIN TO BE LAMB'S, BUT PROBABLY HIS Sc.r.a.pS OF CRITICISM (1822) Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to e
- 531 When I heard of the death of Coleridge, it was without grief. It seemed to me that he long had been on the confines of the next world,--that he had a hunger for eternity. I grieved then that I could not grieve. But since, I feel how great a part he was of
- 530 "We read the Paradise Lost as a task," says Dr. Johnson. Nay, rather as a celestial recreation, of which the dullard mind is not at all hours alike recipient. "n.o.body ever wished it longer;"--nor the moon rounder, he might have added
- 529 One a small infant at the breast does bear; And one in her right hand her tuneful ware, Which she would vend. Their station scarce is taken, When youths and maids flock round. His stall forsaken, Forth comes a Son of Crispin, leathern-capt, Prepared to bu
- 528 CLARENCE SONGS.--No. II Sir,--A friend has just reminded me of a ballad made on occasion of some s.h.i.+pboard sc.r.a.pe into which our Royal Mids.h.i.+pman had fallen; in which, with a _romantic licence_, the rank of the young sailor is supposed to have
- 527 SHAKSPEARE'S IMPROVERS (1828) _To the Editor of The Spectator_ Sir,--Partaking in your indignation at the sickly stuff interpolated by Tate in the genuine play of _King Lear_, I beg to lay before you certain kindred enormities that you may be less aw
- 526 The Ex-member for Garrat was a melancholy instance of a great man whose popularity is worn out. He still carried his sack, but it seemed a part of his ident.i.ty rather than an implement of his profession; a badge of past grandeur; could any thing have di
- 525 Apology will scarcely be required for introducing a character, who at this season of the year comes forth in renovated honours, and may aptly be termed one of its _ever-blues_--not a peculiar of either Farringdons, nor him of Cripplegate, or St. Giles in
- 524 Poor Starkey, when young, had that peculiar stamp of old-fas.h.i.+onedness in his face, which makes it impossible for a beholder to predicate any particular age in the object. You can scarce make a guess between seventeen and seven and thirty. This antiqu
- 523 THE RELIGION OF ACTORS (1826) The world has. .h.i.therto so little troubled its head with the points of doctrine held by a community, which contributes in other ways so largely to its amus.e.m.e.nt, that, before the late mischance of a celebrated tragic a
- 522 Bless us, what a company is a.s.sembled in honour of me! How grand I stand here! I never felt so sensibly before the effect of solitude in a crowd.I muse in solemn silence upon that vast miscellaneous rabble in the pit there. From my private box I contemp
- 521 THE "LEPUS" PAPERS (1825) I.--MANY FRIENDS Unfortunate is the lot of that man, who can look round about the wide world, and exclaim with truth, _I have no friend_! Do you know any such lonely sufferer? For mercy sake send him to me. I can afford
- 520 THE ILl.u.s.tRIOUS DEFUNCT[49](1825) Nought but a blank remains, a dead void s.p.a.ce, A step of life that promised such a race.--DRYDEN.Napoleon has now sent us back from the grave sufficient echoes of his living renown: the twilight of posthumous fame h
- 519 The subject of our Memoir is lineally descended from Johan De L'Estonne (see Doomesday Book, where he is so written) who came in with the Conqueror, and had lands awarded him at Lupton Magna, in Kent. His particular merits or services, Fabian, whose
- 518 NUGae CRITICae ON A Pa.s.sAGE IN "THE TEMPEST"(1823) As long as I can remember the play of the Tempest, one pa.s.sage in it has always set me upon wondering. It has puzzled me beyond measure. In vain I strove to find the meaning of it. I seemed
- 517 This is the wandering wood, this Error's den; A monster vile, whom G.o.d and man does hate: Therefore, I reed, beware. Fly, fly, quoth then The fearful Dwarf, and, if they be writers in orthodox journals--addressing themselves only to the irritable p
- 516 _Scott_ The bombastic "immense smile of air, &c.," better omitted._Ritson_ Qute Miltonic--"enormous bliss"--and both, I presume, alike _caviare_ to the Quaker.He comes! he comes! in every breeze the power Of philosophic melancholy come
- 515 _Ritson_ Yet Milton could write: Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bell-man's drowsy charm-- and I dare say he was right. O never let a quaker, or a woman, try their hand at being witty, any more than a Tom Brown af
- 514 The last two lines have more music than Denham's can possibly boast._Ritson_ May I have leave to conjecture, that in the very last line of all, the word "the" has erroneously crept in? I am persuaded that the poet wrote "his." To
- 513 MY DEAR SIR,--The question which you have done me the honour to propose to me, through the medium of our common friend Mr. Grierson, I shall endeavour to answer with as much exactness as a limited observation and experience can warrant.You ask--or rather,
- 512 ----"Amongst which (_true miracles_) I durst boldly tell you for one, the wonderful work of G.o.d, that was within these few years wrought, in the house of a right wors.h.i.+pful knight, Sir Roger Wentworth, upon divers of his children, and specially
- 511 IV.--KEATS' "LAMIA"(1820) LAMIA, ISABELLA, THE EVE OF SAINT AGNES, AND OTHER POEMS. BY JOHN KEATS.AUTHOR OF _ENDYMION_ A cas.e.m.e.nt high and triple-arch'd there was, All garlanded with carven imag'ries Of fruits, and flowers, an
- 510 "Master Abram is dead, gone, your Wors.h.i.+p, dead! Master Abram! Oh! good, your Wors.h.i.+p, a's gone. A' never throve, since a' came from Windsor--'twas his death. I called him rebel, your Wors.h.i.+p--but a' was all subje
- 509 Neither did any woman, gifted with Mrs. Jordan's or Miss Kelly's sensibilities, ever take upon herself to s.h.i.+ne as a fine lady, the very essence of this character consisting in the entire repression of all genius and all feeling. To sustain
- 508 Even where boys have gone through a laborious education, superinducing habits of steady attention, accompanied with the entire conviction that the business which they learn is to be the source of their future distinction, may it not be affirmed that the p
- 507 ON THE MELANCHOLY OF TAILORS (1814. TEXT OF 1818) Sedet, aeternumque sedebit, Infelix Theseus. VIRGIL.That there is a professional melancholy, if I may so express myself, incident to the occupation of a tailor, is a fact which I think very few will ventur
- 506 ----Feebly must They have felt, Who, in old time, attired with snakes and whips The vengeful Furies. _Beautiful_ regards Were turned on me--the face of her I loved; The Wife and Mother; pitifully fixing Tender reproaches, insupportable!--p. 133.The conver
- 505 V.--[STREET CONVERSATION](1813) It should seem almost impossible for a person to have arrived at the age of manhood, and never once to have heard or suspected that there have been people born before our times. Yet this fact I am obliged to conclude from t
- 504 To comfort the desponding parent with the thought that, without diminis.h.i.+ng the stock which is imperiously demanded to furnish the more pressing and homely wants of our nature, he has disposed of one or more perhaps out of a numerous offspring, under
- 503 ----Also, in October, in his 33d year, Mr. Robert Lloyd, third son of Charles Lloyd. To dilate in many words upon his character, would be to violate the modest regard due to his memory, who in his lifetime shrunk so anxiously from every species of notice.
- 502 You may ask, Mr. Reflector, to what purpose is my appeal to you: what can you do for me? Alas! I know too well that my case is out of the reach of advice,--out of the reach of consolation. But it is some relief to the wounded heart to impart its tale of m
- 501 _Martyrdom._--"Heart of oak hath sometime warped a little in the scorching heat of persecution. Their want of true courage herein cannot be excused. Yet many censure them for surrendering up their forts after a long siege, who would have yielded up t
- 500 Nothing but his crimes, his actions, is visible; they are prominent and staring; the murderer stands out, but where is the lofty genius, the man of vast capacity,--the profound, the witty, accomplished Richard?The truth is, the Characters of Shakspeare ar
- 499 The notice goes on to inform us, that though the society has been established but a very few years, upwards of eleven hundred persons have put down their names. It is really an affecting consideration to think of so many poor people, of the industrious an
- 498 I say not that all the ridiculous subjects of Hogarth have necessarily something in them to make us like them; some are indifferent to us, some in their natures repulsive, and only made interesting by the wonderful skill and truth to nature in the painter
- 497 [7] Lines inscribed under the plate.Is it carrying the spirit of comparison to excess to remark, that in the poor kneeling weeping female, who accompanies her seducer in his sad decay, there is something a.n.a.logous to Kent, or Caius, as he delights rath
- 496 Your unfortunate friend, PENSILIS.ON THE DANGER OF CONFOUNDING MORAL WITH PERSONAL DEFORMITY; WITH A HINT TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE FRAMING OF ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nTS FOR APPREHENDING OFFENDERS (1810. TEXT OF 1818) _To the Editor of the Reflector_ Mr. Reflector,-
- 495 JAMES s.h.i.+RLEY Claims a place amongst the worthies of this period, not so much for any transcendant talent in himself, as that he was the last of a great race, all of whom spoke nearly the same language, and had a set of moral feelings and notions in c
- 494 WILLIAM ROWLEY,--THOMAS DECKER,--JOHN FORD, &c._The Witch of Edmonton._--Mother Sawyer, in this wild play, differs from the hags of both Middleton and Shakspeare. She is the plain traditional old woman witch of our ancestors; poor, deformed, and ignorant;
- 493 Mr. Reflector,--I was born under the shadow of St. Dunstan's steeple, just where the conflux of the eastern and western inhabitants of this twofold city meet and justle in friendly opposition at Temple-bar. The same day which gave me to the world, sa
- 492 The uncommonness of the name, which was _Matravis_ suggested to me, that this might possibly be no other than Allan's old enemy. Under this apprehension, I did what I could to dissuade Allan from accompanying me--but he seemed bent upon going, and ev
- 491 I wandered, scarce knowing where, into an old wood, that stands at the back of the house--we called it the _Wilderness_. A well-known _form_ was missing, that used to meet me in this place--it was thine, Ben Moxam--the kindest, gentlest, politest, of huma
- 490 So she retired to her little room. The night was warm and clear--the moon very bright--her window commanded a view of _scenes_ she had been tracing in the day-time with Miss Clare.All the events of the day past, the occurrences of their walk, arose in her
- 489 Deprived of such a wife, think you, the old man could have long endured his existence? or what consolation would his wretched daughter have had to offer him, but silent and imbecile tears?My sweet cousin, you will think me tedious--and I am so--but it doe
- 488 "O, for that matter, I should be sorry to debar the girl from any pleasure--I am sure it's lonesome enough for her to be with _me_ always--and if Miss Clare will take you out, child, I shall do very well by myself till you return--it will not be
- 487 "Maria! in my hours of visionary indulgence, I have sometimes painted to myself a _husband_--no matter whom--comforting me amidst the distresses, which fortune had laid upon us. I have smiled upon him through my tears; tears, not of anguish, but of t
- 486 The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb.by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb.ROSAMUND GRAY (WRITTEN 1797-1798. FIRST EDITION 1798. TEXT OF 1818) CHAPTER I It was noontide. The sun was very hot. An old gentlewoman sat spinning in a little arbour at the door of her co
- 485 When such a time cometh, I do retire Into an old room, Beside a bright fire; Oh! pile a bright fire!And there I sit Reading old things Of knights and ladies, While the wind sings: Oh! drearily sings!I never look out, Nor attend to the blast; For, all to b
- 484 FROM DEVOTIONAL VERSES, 1826 (_See_ Letter 388, _page_ 746) "But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that them mayest do it."--Deut. x.x.x. 14.Say not The law divine Is hidden from thee, or far remov'd: That law
- 483 Yours truly, C. LAMB.[In the life of H.F. Cary by his son we read: "He [Lamb] had borrowed of my father Phillips's _Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum_, which was returned by Lamb's friend, Mr. Moxon, with the leaf folded down at the account of
- 482 "By Cot's plessing we will not be absence at the grace."DEAR C.,--We long to see you, and hear account of your peregrinations, of the Tun at Heidelburg, the Clock at Strasburg, the statue at Rotterdam, the dainty Rhenish and poignant Mosell
- 481 118. [When first young Vernon's flight she knew, The lady deemed the tale untrue.]"Deemed"! This word is just repeated above; say "thought" or "held.""Deem" is half-cousin to "ween" and "wot.&quo
- 480 LETTER 603 (_Fragment_) CHARLES LAMB TO CHARLES COWDEN CLARKE [No date. End of June, 1834.]We heard the Music in the Abbey at Winchmore Hill! and the notes were incomparably soften'd by the distance. Novello's chromatics were distinctly audible.
- 479 Dear Miss Fryer,--Your letter found me just returned from keeping my birthday (pretty innocent!) at Dover-street. I see them pretty often. I have since had letters of business to write, or should have replied earlier. In one word, be less uneasy about me;
- 478 "The parcel coming thro' _you_, I open'd this note, but find no treason in it.With thanks C. LAMB."I give here three other notes to Dilke, belonging probably to the early days of 1834. The first refers to the proof of one of Lamb'
- 477 Not bad as a pun. I _wil_ expect you before two on Tuesday. I am well and happy, tell E.[Moxon subsequently published his _Sonnets_, in two parts, one of which was dedicated to his brother and one to Wordsworth. There are several to his wife, so that it i
- 476 C. LAMB.Has Moxon sent you "Elia," second volume? if not, he shall. Taylor and we are at law about it.["Darley's act." Not now identifiable, I think."Taylor and we." The case had apparently not been settled by Procter. I
- 475 [_On the next page_:--]Emma hast kist this yellow wafer--a hint.DEAREST M.Never mind opposite nonsense. She does not love you for the watch, but the watch for you.I will be at the wedding, and keep the 30 July as long as my poor months last me, as a festi
- 474 [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will a.s.suredly come, and find you out, when I am better. I am driven from house and home by Mary's illness. I took a sudden resolution to take my sister
- 473 By a strange occurrence we have quitted Enfield for ever. Oh! the happy eternity! Who is Vicar or Lecturer for that detestable place concerns us not. But Asbury, surgeon and a good fellow, has offered to get you a Mover and Seconder, and you may use my na
- 472 Your truest friend C. LAMB.LETTER 574 CHARLES LAMB TO C.W. DILKE [No date. April, 1833.]D'r Sir, I read your note in a moment of great perturbation with my Landlady and chuck'd it in the fire, as I should have done an epistle of Paul, but as far
- 471 But on the faith of a Gentleman, you shall have it back some day _for another_. The 3 I send. I think 2 of the blunders perfectly immaterial.But your feelings, and I fear _pocket_, is every thing. I have just time to pack this off by the 2 o Clock stage.
- 470 The weather is so queer that I will not say I _expect_ you &c.--but am prepared for the pleasure of seeing you when you can come.We had given you up (the post man being late) and Emma and I have 20 times this morning been to the door in the rain to spy fo
- 469 [No date. Feb., 1833.]My dear M.--I send you the last proof--not of my friends.h.i.+p-- pray see to the finish.I think you will see the necessity of adding those words after "Preface"--and "Preface" should be in the "contents-tabl
- 468 Come down with M. and _Dante_ and L.E.L. on Sunday.ELIA.I don't mean at his House, but the Atheneum office. Send it there. Hand shakes.[The Plantas would probably be a reference to the family of Joseph Plantas of the British Museum. M. and Dante and
- 467 LETTER 552 CHARLES LAMB TO EDWARD MOXON [Dated by Forster at end: Dec., 1832.]This is my notion. Wait till you are able to throw away a round sum (say 1500) upon a speculation, and then --don't do it. For all your loving encouragem'ts--till this
- 466 Of the measureless Bethams Lamb wrote in similar terms, but more fully, in an article in the _New Times_ in 1825, ent.i.tled "Many Friends" (see Vol. I.).On April 9, 1834, Landor wrote to Lady Blessington:-- I do not think that you ever knew Cha
- 465 July 2, 1832.AT midsummer or soon after (I will let you know the previous day), I will take a day with you in the purlieus of my old haunts. No offence has been taken, any more than meant. My house is full at present, but empty of its chief pride. She is
- 464 _On his Collection of Paintings by the old German Masters_ Friendliest of men, Aders, I never come Within the precincts of this sacred Room, But I am struck with a religious fear, Which says "Let no profane eye enter here."With imagery from Heav
- 463 CHARLES LAMB TO EDWARD MOXON [P.M. October 24, 1831.]To address an abdicated monarch is a nice point of breeding. To give him his lost t.i.tles is to mock him; to withhold 'em is to wound him. But his Minister who falls with him may be gracefully sym
- 462 "The Sugdens." I do not identify these friends."2d vol. Elias." This would refer, I think, to the American volume, published without authority, in 1828, under the t.i.tle _Elia; or, Second Series_, which Lamb told N.P. Willis he liked.
- 461 Why is a horse like a Quaker?Because all his communication is by Hay and Neigh, after the Lord's counsel, "Let all your communication be Yea and Nay."In these trifles I waste the precious day, while watching over the health of our more prec
- 460 And Rogers, if he shares the town's regard, Was first a banker ere he rose a bard.In the second edition Dyer altered this to-- And Darwin, if he share the town's regard, Was first a doctor ere he rose a bard.Lamb notes the alteration in his copy