blakesmoor

Updated: June 9, 2025

Mary's description of the old house should be compared with Charles's in the Elia essays "Blakesmoor in H shire" and "Dream-Children." In one point they are at variance; for Mary says that the twelve Cæsars "hung" round the hall, and her brother that they were life-size busts.

Charles Lamb - The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 : Books for Children