A vintage portrait reminiscent of Charles Lamb’s Letter to Bernard Barton regarding his (common) cold: a man with curly hair, wearing a dark coat and white shirt, sits solemnly as a red mark—resembling either a nosebleed or clown nose—is painted over his upper lip.

Charles Lamb’s Letter to Bernard Barton, Regarding his (common) Cold

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Charles Lamb’s letter to Bernard Barton, regarding his cold January 9th, 1824 Dear B.B.- Do you know what it is to succumb under an insurmountable day-mare,- “a whoreson lethargy,” Falstaff calls it, -an indisposition to do anything, or to be anything, -a total deadness and distaste,-a suspension of vitality, -an indifference to locality,- a numb,

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