| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 33650 |
| QUOTATION: | Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Charles Lamb (17751834), British essayist, critic. The Last Essays of Elia, Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading, (1833). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Lamb Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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