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Charles and Mary Lamb Quotes
10 of the best book quotes from Charles and Mary Lamb
01
“Indeed she is the very queen of curds and cream.”
Charles and Mary Lamb
author
Tales from Shakespeare
book
Camillo
ᐧ
Perdita
characters
nobility
ᐧ
gentleness
ᐧ
queens
ᐧ
shepherds
ᐧ
lowly upbringing
concepts
02
“Still methinks there is an air comes from her. What fine chisel could ever yet cut breath? Let no man mock me, for I will kiss her.”
Charles and Mary Lamb
author
Tales from Shakespeare
book
Leontes
ᐧ
Hermione
characters
being alive
ᐧ
hope
ᐧ
status
ᐧ
look alikes
ᐧ
kisses
ᐧ
greatly mistaken
concepts
03
“No wonder; for the statue was indeed Hermione herself, the real, the living queen.”
Charles and Mary Lamb
author
Tales from Shakespeare
book
Hermione
character
being alive
ᐧ
real
ᐧ
queens
ᐧ
statues
concepts
04
“If I see anything tonight why I should not marry her, tomorrow in the congregation where I intended to wed her, there will I shame her.”
Charles and Mary Lamb
author
Tales from Shakespeare
book
Claudio
ᐧ
Hero
characters
marriage
ᐧ
misunderstandings
ᐧ
shame
concepts
05
″...oftentimes these ministers of darkness tell us truths in little things, to betray us into deeds of greatest consequence.”
Charles and Mary Lamb
author
Tales from Shakespeare
book
Banquo
character
consequences
ᐧ
trickery
ᐧ
betrayal
ᐧ
false truths
concepts
06
“Are you as wise as you are beautiful?”
Charles and Mary Lamb
author
Tales from Shakespeare
book
Titania
character
beauty
ᐧ
compliments
ᐧ
wise
concepts
07
“She was a bad, ambitious woman, and so as her husband and herself could arrive at greatness, she cared not much by what means.”
Charles and Mary Lamb
author
Tales from Shakespeare
book
Lady Macbeth
character
ambition
ᐧ
whatever it takes
ᐧ
bad
ᐧ
power hungry
concepts
08
“If I had power I would sink the sea beneath the earth, rather than the good ship should be destroyed with all the precious souls within her.”
Charles and Mary Lamb
author
Tales from Shakespeare
book
Miranda
character
power
ᐧ
sinking
ᐧ
souls
ᐧ
to save
concepts
09
“What thou see’st when thou dost wake, Do it for thy true-love take.”
Charles and Mary Lamb
author
Tales from Shakespeare
book
Oberon
character
spells
ᐧ
waking up
ᐧ
seeing
ᐧ
true love
concepts
10
“I lost the society and friendship of your brave father, whom I now desire more than my life once again to look upon.”
Charles and Mary Lamb
author
Tales from Shakespeare
book
Leontes
ᐧ
Polixenes
characters
friendship
ᐧ
desires
ᐧ
regrets
ᐧ
lose
concepts
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nobility
gentleness
Camillo
Perdita
queens
shepherds
lowly upbringing
being alive
hope
Leontes
Hermione
status
look alikes
kisses
greatly mistaken
real
statues
marriage
misunderstandings
shame
Claudio
Hero
consequences
trickery
betrayal
false truths
Banquo
beauty
compliments
wise
Titania
ambition
whatever it takes
bad
Lady Macbeth
power hungry
power
sinking
Miranda
souls
to save
spells
waking up
seeing
true love
Oberon
friendship
desires
regrets
lose
Polixenes
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