Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. ✨ Ch…

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Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. ✨ Charles Lamb (1867). The essays of Elia. [Followed by] The last essays of Elia, p.125
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Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. ✨ Charles Lamb (1867). The essays of Elia. [Followed by] The last essays of Elia, p.125

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