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From a life of Charles Lamb (died 1834) by Edward Gilpin Johnson
No writer, perhaps, since the days of Dr. Johnson has been oftener
brought before us in biographies, essays, letters, etc., than Charles
Lamb. His stammering speech, his gaiter-clad legs ("almost immaterial
legs," Hood called them), his frail wisp of a body topped by a head
"worthy of Aristotle," his love of punning, of the Indian weed [tobacco], and -
alas! - of the kindly production of the juniper-berry [gin] (he was not, he
owned, "constellated under Aquarius" [born under the influence of the Water Carrier]), his antiquarianism of taste, and
relish of the crotchets and whimsies of authorship are as familiar to
us almost as they were to the group he gathered round him Wednesdays at
No. 4, Inner Temple Lane, where "a clear fire, a clean hearth, and the
rigor of the game [whist]" awaited them.
1. "Almost immaterial legs" are legs that are
A. thick.
B. crooked.
C. skinny.
D. short.
2. Crotchets are
A. insults.
B. rights.
C. improvements.
D. oddities.
3. Antiquarianism is
A. dealing with old books.
B. dealing with antiques.
C. up-to-date interests.
D. argumentative style.
4. A gaiter is
A. a woolen wrapping.
B. an overshoe.
C. a splint.
D. an assist in walking.
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