Charles Lamb Quote

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins.


The letters of Charles Lamb, with a sketch of his life. The poetical works (ed. 1838)


A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace...