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The Essays of Elia: A Dissertation on Roast Pig; Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading; The South-Sea House; Old China (Classic Reprint)
The Essays of Elia A Dissertation on Roast Pig Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading The SouthSea House Old China - Classic Reprint Author:Charles Lamb Excerpt from The Essays of Elia: A Dissertation on Roast Pig; Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading; The South-Sea House; Old China — His limitations as a critic are well put by Mr. Ainger: Where his heart was, there his judgment Was sound. Where he actively disliked, or was passively indifferent, his critical powers remained dormant. He was too... more » fond Of paradox, too much at the mercy of his emotions or the mood of the hour, to be a safe guide always. But where no disturbing forces interfered, he exercised a faculty almost unique in the history of criticism.
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