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The pilasters reaching down were adorned with a glistering substance (I know not what) under glass (as it seemed), resembling—a homely fancy, but I judged it to be sugar-candy; yet to my raised imagination, divested of its homelier qualities, it appeared a glorified candy.

The pilasters reaching down were adorned with a glistering substance (I know not what) under glass (as it seemed), resembling—a homely fancy, but I judged it to be sugar-candy; yet to my raised imagination, divested of its homelier qualities, it appeared a glorified candy.

Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial

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Charles Lamb
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Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

My First Play.

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