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" I WAS born, and passed the first seven years of my life, in the Temple. Its church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river, I had almost said — for in those young years, what was this king of rivers to me but a stream that watered our pleasant... "
The essays of Elia. A new ed - Page 112
by Charles Lamb - 1857
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The London Magazine, Volume 4

1821 - 724 pages
...countrymen whatever of ours they most covet (if they think any thing of ours worth naving) in return. THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE. I WAS born, and passed the first seven years oí my life, in the Temple. Its church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river, 1 had almost...
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The London Magazine, Volume 6

1822 - 694 pages
...women. But let her stand upon her female character, as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions, incident to individual preference, be so many pretty...structure. Let her first lesson be — with sweet Susan Whistanley — to reverence her гех. ELIA. AWAKE, MV LOVE. 1. Awake, my love ! ere morning's ray...
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The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 21

1823 - 704 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions, incident to individual preference, be so many pretty...with sweet Susan Winstanley— to reverence her sex." P. 187. We cannot take leave of Elia without acknowledging the same feeling with which we part from...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

1835 - 432 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions incident to individual preference, be so many pretty...church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river, I had almost said — for in those young years, what was this king of rivers to me but a stream that...
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Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions, incident to individual preference,, be so many pretty...church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river, I had almost said — for in those young years, what was this king of rivers to me but a stream that...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

1835 - 430 pages
...foundation ; and let the attentions incident to individual preference, be so many pretty addiUments and ornaments, as many and as fanciful as you please,...structure. Let her first lesson be, with sweet Susan Winrtanley, to ratrence her sex. THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE. I WAS born, and passed the first...
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The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 5

1837 - 666 pages
...all the influences it exercised, is thus described, both by himself and his biographer. " He says, ' I was born and passed the first seven years of my life in the Temple' : he might have added, that here he passed a great portion of the second seven years of his life, a...
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The Prose Works of Charles Lamb ...: Elia. First series

Charles Lamb - 1836 - 362 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions, incident to individual preference, be so many pretty...TEMPLE. I WAS born, and passed the first seven years ot my life, in the Temple. Its church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river, I had almost...
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The Monthly Review

1837 - 656 pages
...influence they had on his infant mind is vividly shown in his description of the old Benchers. He says, • I was born and passed the first seven years of my life in the Temple,' he might have added, that here he passed a great portion of the second seven years of his life, a portion...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: To which are Prefixed, His Letters, and a Sketch ...

Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...other women. But let her stand upon her female character as upon a foundation ; and let the attentions incident to individual preference, be so many pretty...structure. Let her first lesson be, with sweet Susan Wiustanley, to reverence her sex. THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE. I WAS born, and passed the...
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