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" See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth! wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood? Ten to one he would have proved a glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable... "
The Quarterly Review - Page 470
edited by - 1836
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The essays of Elia. [Followed by] The last essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1867 - 576 pages
...cradle, .how meek, foe lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grqw up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood...glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable animal— wUlowing in all manner of filthy con vtersatSoii— from these sins he is happily snatched away —...
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1894 - 464 pages
...constantly open with acknowledgments of some recent offering of the kind from a good-natured correspondent. Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with timely care. — From Coleridge's Epitaph on an Infant. It must have been With unusual glee that Lamb here borrowed...
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A Hand-book of English Literature Intended for the Use of High Schools, as ...

Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood...conversation : from these sins he is happily snatched away ; his memory is odoriferous ; no clown curseth, while his stomach half rejecteth, the rank bacon ;...
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The casquet of literature, a selection in poetry and prose, ed. with notes ...

Casket - 1874 - 832 pages
...thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturcr swinehood? Ten to one he would have proved a glutton,...snatched away — Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fado, Death сашо with timely carft — his memory is odoriferous — no clown curseth, while his...
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A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig

Charles Lamb - 1874 - 24 pages
...second cradle, how meek he lieth !—wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood...disagreeable animal— wallowing in all manner of filthy conversation—from these sins he is happily snatched away— Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade,...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: With a Sketch of His Life and Final ..., Volume 2

Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...this innocent grow up to the grossness and indociiity which too often accompany maturer swinehood I Ten to one he would have proved a glutton, a sloven,...memory is odoriferous — no clown curseth, while his stom ach half rejecteth, the rank bacon — no coal-heaver bolteth him in reeking sausages — he hath...
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Works of Charles Lamb: Edited and Dramatic Tales, Essays and Critisms

Charles Lamb - 1876 - 740 pages
...second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood?...could blight, or sorrow fade, Death came with timely cnre — his memory is odoriferous — no clown curseth, while his stomich half rejecteth, the rank...
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The Reading Club and Handy Speaker: Being Serious, Humorous ..., Issue 3

George Melville Baker - 1876 - 122 pages
...second cradle: how meek he lieth ! Wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood?...conversation. From these sins he is happily snatched away. His memory is odoriferous. No clown curseth while his stomach half rejecteth the rank bacon. No coal-heaver...
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Webster's Progressive Speaker: A Very Fine Selection of the Most Admirable ...

1876 - 216 pages
...this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swlnehood ? Ten to one he would have proved a glutton, a sloven,...all manner of filthy conversation. From these sins lie is happily snatched away. His memory is odoriferous. No clown curseth while his stomach half rejecteth...
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Essays from Elia ...

Charles Lamb - 1877 - 104 pages
...second cradle, how meek he lieth ! Wouldst them have had thia innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood...odoriferous : no clown curseth, while his stomach half rejeeteth, the rank bacon ; no coal-heaver bolteth him in reeking sausages ; he hath a fair sepulchre...
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