Quote#Speech
For with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak…
Quote byCharles Lamb · 1775–1834
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Essays of Elia (1823), Oxford in the Vacation.
English (original)
For with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak profanely) to be present with the Lord.
— Charles Lamb
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