Essays of Elia
Subtitle: The Works of Charles Lamb Part One
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: April 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781417918232
Subjects: Literature: History & Criticism; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; General; Literary Criticism & Collections / General
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?