This author mourned "for some they have died, and some they have left me, and some are taken from me; all are departed" in a poem that includes the refrain "all, all are gone, the old familiar faces."
This author mourned "for some they have died, and some they have left me, and some are taken from me; all are departed" in a poem that includes the refrain "all, all are gone, the old familiar faces." He argued for a return of "the Fainalls, and the Mirabels, and the Dorimants, and the Lady Touchwoods" in a work which helped bring back the popularity of restoration comedy, his "On the Artifical Comedy of the Last Century." He helped keep the London Magazine afloat with works like the nostalgic "Recollections of the South-Sea House" and one which divided people into borrowers and lenders, "The Two Races of Man." He postulated a Chinese boy named Bo-Bo who discovered the joys of cooked meat after burning down a house in "A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig." For 10 points, name this British author who adopted the pseudonym Elia for a series of essays.
This author mourned "for some they have died, and some they have left me, and some are taken from me; all are departed" in a poem that includes the refrain "all, all are gone, the old familiar faces."
Charles {Lamb}