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" I was lame-footed; and how when he died, though he had not been dead an hour, it seemed as if he had died a great while ago, such a distance there is betwixt life and death... "
Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 262
1822
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Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - Essays - 1835 - 440 pages
...could not walk for pain ; — and how in after life he became lame-footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient,...and how I bore his death as I thought pretty well it first, but afterwards it haunted and haunted me; and though I did not cry or take it to heart as...
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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
...could not walk for pain ; and how in after life he became lame footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient...sufficiently how considerate he had been to me when I was lame footed ; and how when he died, though he had not been dead an hour, it seemed as if he had died...
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Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...; and how he used to carry me upon his back when 1 was a lame-footed boy — for he was a good bit And why do I live to say, Woe's me ! I gang like...For »old Robin Gray is kind unto me. JANE ELLIOT 1 bore his death, as 1 thought, pretty well at first, but afterwards it haunted and haunted me ; and...
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Cyclopędia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...could not walk for pain ; and how, in after life, he became lame-footed too, and I did not always, I and Robert Chambers 1 bore his death, as I thought, pretty well at first, but afterwards it haunted and haunted me ; and...
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The Essays of Elia: First Series - Second Series

Charles Lamb - Essays - 1845 - 396 pages
...could not walk for pain ; and how in after life he became lame- footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient,...remember sufficiently how considerate he had been in me when I was lame-footed ; and how when he died, though he had not been dead an hour, it seemed...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...could not walk for pain ; and how, in after life, he became lame-footed too, and I did not always, I aiad 'mid her reeds Pressed her cold finger closer...right hand lay nerveless, listless, dead, Unsceptred euch a distance there is betwixt life and death ; and how I bore his death, as I thought, pretty well...
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Works, with a Sketch of His Life and Final Memorials, Volume 2

Charles Lamb - 1855 - 798 pages
...impatient and in pain, nor remember sufficiently how considerate he had been to me when I was lame footed ; and how when he died, though he had not been dead...had died a great while ago, such a distance there is between life and death ; and how I bore his death as I thought pretly well at first, but afterward...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: With a Sketch of His Life and Final ..., Volume 2

Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1855 - 624 pages
...could not walk for pain ; and how in after life he became lame footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient...sufficiently how considerate he had been to me when I was lame footed ; and how when he died, though he had not been dead an hour, it seemed as if he had died...
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - Essays - 1856 - 386 pages
...could not walk for pain ; and how in after life he became lame- footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient,...ago, such a distance there is betwixt life and death ; aud how I bore his death as I thought pretty well at first, but afterwards it haunted and haunted...
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The Works of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 pages
...could not walk for pain ; and how in after life he became lame footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient...sufficiently how considerate he had been to me when I was lame footed ; and how when he died, though he had not been dead an hour, it seemed as if he had died...
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