Charles Lamb’s letter to Bernard Barton, regarding his coldJanuary 9th, 1824Dear 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, soporifical, good-for-nothingness, -an… Read More