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The pilasters reaching down were adorned with a glistering substance (I know not what) under glass (as it seemed), resembling - a homely fancy, but I judged it to be sugar-candy; yet to my raised imagination, divested of its homelier qualities, it appeared a glorified candy.

Charles Lamb
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Presents, I often say, endear absents.

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How I like to be liked, and what I do to be liked!

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Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have nonsense respected.

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My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

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When I am not walking, I am reading. I cannot sit and think.

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We were happier when we were poorer, but we were also younger.

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