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Charles Lamb

For thy sake, tobacco, I

For thy sake, tobacco, I
Would do anything but die.

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Charles Lamb

I have had playmates, I have had companions,

I have had playmates, I have had companions,
In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days.
All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

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Charles Lamb

Who first invented work, and bound the free

Who first invented work, and bound the free
And holiday-rejoicing spirit down
To that dry drudgery at the desk’s dead wood?
Sabbathless Satan!

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Charles Lamb

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

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Charles Lamb

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you areunhappily blessed with a vein of it.

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you areunhappily blessed with a vein of it.