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" How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! he is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty. "Tis the Two Tables of the Law to him. He has nothing to think of but how to get well. "
The Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 424
1825
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Household Words: A Weekly Journal, Volume 1

1850 - 1254 pages
...curtains he is absolute. They are his More Clausum. How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's sell to himself ! He is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated on him as his only duty. 'Tis tho two Tables of the Law to him. He has nothing to think of but how...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: With a Sketch of His Life and Final ..., Volume 2

Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1855 - 624 pages
...accuses him of tergiversation. Within the four curtains he is absolute. They are his Mare Clausum. How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to...tables of the law to him. He has nothing to think of but how to get well. What passes out of doors, or within them, so he hear not the jarring of them,...
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The Works of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 pages
...accuses him of tergiversation. Within the four curtains he is absolute. They are his Mare Clausum. How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to...tables of the law to him. He has nothing to think of but how to get well. What passes out of .doors, or within them, so he hear not the jarring of them,...
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Together: A Novel

Lydia M. Millard - 1865 - 276 pages
...across the bed — and none accuse him of tergiversation. Within the four curtains he is absolute. How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to...exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated on him as his only duty. 'Tis the two tables of the Law to him. He has nothing to think of but how...
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The essays of Elia. [Followed by] The last essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1867 - 582 pages
...accuses him of tergiversation. Within the four curtains he is absolute. They are his Mare Clausum. How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to...Tables of the Law, to him. He has nothing to think of but how to get well. What passes out of doors, or within them, so he hear not the jarring of them,...
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1894 - 464 pages
...accuses him of tergiversation. Within the four curtains he is absolute. They are his Mare Clausum. How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to...Tables of the Law to him. He has nothing to think of but how to get well. What passes out of doors, or within them, so he hear not the jarring of them,...
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Works: Including His Most Intesesting Letters

Charles Lamb - 1867 - 684 pages
...accuses him of tergiversation. Within the four curtains he is absolute. They are his Mare Clausum. How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to...Tables of the Law to him. He has nothing to think of but how to get well. What passes out of doors, or within them, so he hear not the jarring of them,...
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Elia. The last essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1871 - 484 pages
...he is absolute. They are his Mare Clausum. How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self tc himself! he is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness...Tables of the Law to him. He has nothing to think of but how to get well. What passes out of doors, or within them, so he hear not the jarring of them,...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: With a Sketch of His Life and Final ..., Volume 2

Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...accuses him of tergiversation. Within the four curtains he is absolute. They are his Mare Clausum. How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to...tables of the law to him. He has nothing to think of but how to get well. What passes out of doors, or within them, so he hear not the jarring of them,...
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Old Words and Modern Meanings: Being a Collection of Examples from Ancient ...

Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 pages
...are minutes, and with sighs they jar Their watches to mine eyes. SHAKSPEABE, Richard II, v. 5. How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to...Tables of the Law to him. He has nothing to think of but how to get well. What passes out of doors, or within them, so he hear not ihejarriny of them, affects...
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