the
Temple, was buried in the Temple Church with much pomp.

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Page 104. GRACE BEFORE MEAT.

_London Magazine_, November, 1821.

This was the essay, Lamb suggested, which Southey may have had in mind
when in an article in the _Quarterly Review_ he condemned _Elia_ as
wanting "a sounder religious feeling." In his "Letter to Southey"
(Vol. I.), which contained Lamb's protest against Southey's
strictures, he wrote:--"I am at a loss what particular essay you had
in view (if my poor ramblings amount to that appellation) when you
were in such a hurry to thrust in your objection, like bad news,
foremost.--Perhaps the Paper on 'Saying Graces' was the obnoxious
feature. I have endeavoured there to rescue a voluntary duty--good in
place, but never, as I remember, literally commanded--from the charge
of an undecent formality. Rightly taken, sir, that paper was not
against graces, but want of grace; not against the ceremony, but the
carelessness and slovenliness so often observed in the performance of
it."

Page 108, line 12 from foot. _C----_. Coleridge; but Lamb may really
have said it.

Page 108, foot. _The author of the Rambler_. Veal pie with prunes in
it was perhaps Dr. Johnson's favourite dish.

Page 109, line 10. _Dagon_. The fish god worshipped by the
Philistines. See Judges xvi. 23 and I Samuel v. for the full
significance of Lamb's reference.

Page 110, line 16. _C.V.L._ Charles Valentine le Grice. Later in life,
in 1798, Le Grice himself became a clergyman.

Page 110, line 19. _Our old form at school_. The Christ's Hospital
graces in Lamb's day were worded thus:--

GRACE BEFORE MEAT

Give us thankful hearts, O Lord God, for the Table which thou hast
spread for us. Bless thy good Creatures to our use, and us to thy
service, for Jesus Christ his sake. _Amen_.

GRACE AFTER MEAT

Blessed Lord, we yield thee hearty praise and thanksgiving for our
Founders and Benefactors, by whose Charitable Benevolence thou
hast refreshed our Bodies at this time. So season and refresh our
Souls with thy Heavenly Spirit, that we may live to thy Honour and
Glory. Protect thy Church, the King, and all the Royal Family. And
preserve us in peace and truth through Christ our Saviour. _Amen_.

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Page 110. MY FIRST PLAY.

_London Magazine_, December, 1821.

Lamb had already sketched out this essay in th