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The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a schoolboy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.
The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a schoolboy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.
Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- Charles Lamb
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- Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
author lifetime midpoint (1775–1834)
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 30 · printed citation: Charles Lamb · subject: Blessings
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