The Works of Charles Lamb
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9781417921270
Subjects: Literature - Classics / Criticism; Non-Classifiable; Novelty
First sentence: READER, in thy passage from the bank-where thou hast been receiving thy half-yearly dividends (supposing thou art a lean annuitant like myself)-to the Flower Pot, to secure a place for Dalston, or Shacklewell, or some other thy suburban retreat northerly-didst thou never observe a melancholy-looking, handsome brick and stone edifice to the left-where Threadneedle-street abuts upon Bishopsgate?