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" ... out; sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which I had almost to myself, unless when now and then a solitary gardening man would cross me; and how the nectarines and peaches hung upon the walls, without my ever offering to pluck them, because... "
Confessions of a Prosaic Dreamer: Charles Lamb's Art of Autobiography - Page 135
by Gerald Monsman - 1984 - 165 pages
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The London Magazine, Volume 5

1822 - 734 pages
...among the old melanher memoir, because she had been such a good and religious woman ; so choly-looking yew trees, or the firs, and picking up the red berries, and good indeed that she knew all the the fir apples, which were good for Psaltery by heart, aye, and a...
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Leisure Hours

1835 - 356 pages
...which I had almost to myself, unless when, now and then, a solitary gardening man would cross me ; and how the nectarines and peaches hung upon the walls,...in strolling about among the old melancholy-looking yew-trees, or the firs, and picking up the red berries, and the fir-apples, which were good for nothing...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

1835 - 430 pages
...which I had almost to myself, unless when now and then a solitary gardening man would cross me — and how the nectarines and peaches hung upon the walls,...my ever offering to pluck them, because they were forhidden fruit, unless now and then, — and because I had more pleasure in strolling about among...
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Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 pages
...which I had almost to myself, unless when DOW and then a solitary gardening man would cross me — and how the nectarines and peaches hung upon the walls. without my ever oSermglo pluck them, because they were forbidden fruit, unless now and then,— and because I had more...
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The essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pages
...which I had almost to myself, unless when now and then a solitary gardening man would cross me — and how the nectarines and peaches hung upon the walls,...in strolling about among the old melancholy-looking yew-trees, or the firs, and picking up the red berries, and the fir-apples, which were good for nothing...
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The story-teller; or, Table-book of popular literature. Ed. by R. Bell

Story-teller - 1843 - 324 pages
...solitary gardening man would cross me ; and how the nectarines and peaches hung upon the walls, without my offering to pluck them, because they were forbidden...and because I had more pleasure in strolling about the old melancholy-looking yew-trees, or the firs, and picking up the red berries, and the firapples,...
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Leisure Hours: A Choice Collection of Readings in Prose

Ethan Allen Andrews - 1844 - 356 pages
...which I had almost to myself, unless when, now and then, a solitary gardening man would cross me ; and how the nectarines and peaches hung upon the walls,...because they were forbidden fruit, unless now and then—and because I had more pleasure in strolling about among the old melancholy-looking yew-trees,...
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The Essays of Elia: First Series - Second Series

Charles Lamb - 1845 - 396 pages
...unless when now and then a solitary gardening man would cross me — DREAM-CHILDREN; A REVERIE. 133 and how the nectarines and peaches hung upon the walls,...in strolling about among the old melancholy-looking yew-trees, or the firs, and picking up the red-berries, and the fir-apples, which were good for nothing...
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The Essays of Elia, Volume 1

Charles Lamb - 1851 - 396 pages
...which I had almost to myself, unless when now and then a solitary gardening man would cross me — and how the nectarines and peaches hung upon the walls,...in strolling about among the old melancholy-looking yew-trees, or the firs, and picking up the red-berries, and the fir-apples, which were good for nothing...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...I had almost to myself, unless when now anc then a solitary gardening mai» would cross me — anc them talk. Yes ! becaune I had more pleasure in strolling about among the old melancholy-looking yew trees, or the firs,...
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