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.
Charles Lamb
- Life
- 1775-1834
- Occupations
- writer, poet, playwright
- Notable works
- Tales from Shakspeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Macbeth
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Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it.
Charles Lamb
For thy sake, tobacco, I
Charles Lamb
For thy sake, tobacco, I Would do anything but die.
Charles Lamb
I have had playmates, I have had companions,
Charles Lamb
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.
Charles Lamb
Who first invented work, and bound the free
Charles Lamb
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!
Charles Lamb