Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.
Charles LambDr Parr...asked him, how he had acquired his power of smoking at such a rate? Lamb replied, 'I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue.'
Charles LambIn the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice.
Charles LambReturning to town in the stage-coach, which was filled with Mr. Gilman's guests, we stopped for a minute or two at Kentish Town. A woman asked the coachman, "Are you full inside?" Upon which Lamb put his head through the window and said, "I am quite full inside; that last piece of pudding at Mr. Gilman's did the business for me."
Charles Lamb