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There are excellent short biographies of him by Canon Ainger in the Dictionary of National Biography, in Chambers's Encyclopædia, and in Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature. Indeed, the facilities for collecting materials for a picture of Charles Lamb as a human being are prodigious. When you have made for yourself such a picture, read the Essays of Elia the light of it.
Munger was sitting opposite me, and when I began to speak he had just filled his tumbler with water, and was going to drink it. But half-way through he suddenly stopped, and put the tumbler down with such a crack on the table that he spilt half the water on to the cloth. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but it occurs to me now." "Well," said Ainger, "it's an off-chance.
Townsend had great belief in the literary judgment of Canon Ainger, a man, it is to be feared, now almost forgotten, but whose opinion was looked upon in the 'eighties and 'nineties with something approaching reverence. In 1886 my "Spectator" year, as I may call it when I was acting as election-agent to Mr.
And after some discussion it was resolved to call the amiable Stafford into their councils. He at once suggested that if the petition was to be of any weight it should come from the entire house, with the captain's name at the head of the list; and a deputation was told off forthwith to wait upon Ainger.
Both were wits and humorists, but Ainger was more of a wit than a humorist, and du Maurier was more of a humorist than a wit. Both were men of fancy rather than of imagination, men of sentiment rather than of passion.
"He's spoons on my sister Daisy." The captain laughed. "I hope she's like her brother," said he. The two culprits laughed vociferously. It was worth anything to them to get the captain in a good-humour. "Well, if that's the case," said Ainger, "I shan't have anything to do with you. You've no right on this floor; you know that. If he chooses to let you be, he'll have to keep you in order.
I attended his funeral as I had attended Leech's twenty-six years before; Canon Ainger, a common friend of us both, performed the service.
He was the pivot on which all their work had been turning; and without him what chance was there of keeping the house together for a day? "Come in here a minute, you fellows," said Ainger, as they reached the captain's door. "We must do something to stop it." "That's a very feeble observation to make," said Barnworth. "Is that what you want us to come in here for?"
In a moment Railsford had knelt and cut the cords round the prisoner's feet and hands, while Ainger drew the sack from the head. Arthur gave a whistle of consternation as the features of Mr Bickers came to light, pale and stern. The sudden sight of Medusa's head could hardly have had a more petrifying effect. The victim himself was the first to recover.
"What I mean is, he hangs about our place a lot; so it's a good excuse for him to be laid up, you know." "Quite so. Perhaps he's not in a hurry to come back here for another reason we know of, eh, youngster?" "Ha, ha! but keep that mum, you know. We must back him through that business. It's nearly blown over already." "Has it? But, I say " Here Ainger came up and detected the puppy.
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