So near are the boundaries of panegyric and invective, that a worn-out sinner is sometimes found to make … - Charles Lamb

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It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.

Charles Lamb

So near are the boundaries of panegyric and invective, that a worn-out sinner is sometimes found to make the best declaimer against sin. The same high-seasoned descriptions which in his unregenerate state served to inflame his appetites, in his new province of a moralist will serve him (a little turned) to expose the enormity of those appetites in other men.

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