...hour ! And when I compare him ' with the companions with whom I have associated since, I ' grudge the saving of a few idle ducats, and think that I am '...fallen into the society of lenders and little men.' Charles Lamb used to entertain his friends every Thursday evening at parties which were attended by...

...companions with whom I have associated since, I grudge the saving of a few idle ducats, and think tliat I am fallen into the society of lenders and little...more formidable than that which I have touched upon; 1 mean your borrowers of books — those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves,...

...midnight hour; and when I compare with him the companions with whom I have associated since, I grudge the saving of a few idle ducats, and think that I am fallen...rather cased in leather covers than closed in iron coflers, there is a class of alienators more formidable than that which I have touched upon; I mean...

...the saving of a few idle dncats, and think that I am fallen into the society of lendera, and Hi/In men. To one like Elia, whose treasures are rather...which I have touched upon ; I mean your borrowers of hooks — those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd...

...remember, reader, in one of LAMB'S essays, his objurgatory remonstrance against book-borrowers ; ' those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes ;' but he makes one exception : ' Reader,' he says, ' if haply thou art blessed with a moderate collection,...

...remember, reader, in one of LAMB'S essaye, hie objurgatory remonstrance against book -borrow ors ; ' thoee mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes;' but he makes one exception: * Reader,* he says, * if haply thou art blessed with a moderate collection,...

...midnight hour ; and when I compare with him the companions with whom I have associated since, I grudge the saving of a few idle ducats, and think that I am fallen...which I have touched upon ; I mean your borrowers of looks — those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd...

...midnight hour; and when I compare with him the companions with whom I have associated since, I grudge the saving of a few idle ducats, and think that I am fallen into the society of lenders, and little men. The following ig a portion of a letter to Coleridge, in which he most beautifully pours forth hia feelings...

...midnight hour; and when 1 compare with him the companions with whom I have associated since, I grudge the saving of a few idle ducats, and think that I am fallen into tho society of lenders, and little men. The following is a portion of a letter to Colerklge, in which...

...midnight hour ; and when I compare with him the companions with whom I have associated since, I grudge the saving of a few idle ducats, and think that I am fallen...touched upon ; I mean your borrowers of books — those mutila tors of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes. There...