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" I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile, suddenly let loose after a forty years "
Museum of Foreign Literature and Science - Page 120
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The Lady's Magazine and Museum of the Belles-lettres, Fine Arts ..., Volume 6

English literature - 1835 - 426 pages
...published in the last series of his Essays : " I could scarce trust myself with myself." He says, " It was like passing out of time into eternity —...eternity for a man to have his time all to himself. From a poor man, poor in time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue.—. ' I am like the man...
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Spirit of the English Magazines

1826 - 890 pages
...that I was not. 1 was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Postile, suddenly let loose after a forty years' confinement. I could scarce trust myself...than I could ever manage. From a poor man, poor in timo, I was suddenly lifted up intp a vast revenue ; I could sec no end of my possessions ; I wanted...
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The Spirit of the English Magazines

1825 - 500 pages
...that I was not. 1 was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile, suddenly let loose after a forty years' confinement. I could scarce trust myself...his Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had wore time on my hands than I could •ever manage. From a poor man, poor in time, I was suddenly lifted...
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The Last Essays of Elia: Being a Sequel to Essays Published Under ..., Part 2

Charles Lamb - Decision making - 1833 - 308 pages
...Bastile, suddenly let loose after a forty years' confinement. I could scarce trust myself with myself, tt was like passing out of Time into Eternity — for...to me that I had more time on my hands than I could F ever manage. From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue ; I could...
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Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - Essays - 1835 - 440 pages
...the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastitej suddenly let loose after a forty years' confiuement. I could scarce trust myself with myself. It was like...have his Time all to himself. It seemed to me that t had more time on my hands than I could ever manage. From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly...
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The prose works of Charles Lamb, Volume 3

Charles Lamb - English literature - 1836 - 326 pages
...that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile, suddenly let loose after a forty years' confinement. I could scarce trust myself...to me that I had more time on my hands than I could F ' ever manage. From a poor man, poor in Time, 1 was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue ; I could...
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Elia, Volume 1

Charles Lamb - 1836 - 324 pages
...that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile, suddenly let loose after a forty years' confinement. I could scarce trust myself...to me that I had more time on my hands than I could F ever manage. From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue ; I could...
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The prose works of Charles Lamb, Volume 3

Charles Lamb - English literature - 1836 - 326 pages
...that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile, suddenly let loose after a forty years' confinement. I could scarce trust myself...to me that I had more time on my hands than I could F ever manage. From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue ; I could...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: To which are Prefixed, His Letters, and a Sketch ...

Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile, suddenly let loose after a forty years' confinement. I could scarce trust myself...was like passing out of time into eternity— for it was a sort of eternity for a man to have his time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: To which are Prefixed His Letters and a Sketch of ...

Charles Lamb, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1851 - 964 pages
...could scarce trust myself with myself. Ii was like passing out of time into eternity— for it was a sort of eternity for a man to have his time all...could ever manage. From a poor man, poor in time, 1 was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue ; I could see no end of my possessions; I wanted some...
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