Charles lamb

charles (“elia”) 1775–1834, english essayist and critic.
harold a. 1892–1962, u.s. novelist.
mary ann, 1764–1847, english author who wrote in collaboration with her brother charles lamb.
william, 2nd viscount melbourne, 1779–1848, english statesman: prime minister 1834, 1835–41.
willis e(ugene), jr. 1913–2008, u.s. physicist: n-bel prize 1955.
contemporary examples

andrew o’hagan’s six favorite essay collections andrew o’hagan january 31, 2013
kinky for perry kinky friedman august 23, 2011

historical examples

the works of lord byron lord byron
the martian george du maurier
kilgorman talbot baines reed
spare hours john brown
the life of charles d-ckens, vol. i-iii, complete john forster
memorials of old london various
a history of nineteenth century literature (1780-1895) george saintsbury
nooks and corners of old london charles hemstreet

noun
the young of a sheep
the meat of a young sheep
a person, esp a child, who is innocent, meek, good, etc
a person easily deceived
like a lamb to the slaughter

without resistance
innocently

verb
(intransitive) also lamb down. (of a ewe) to give birth
(transitive; used in the p-ssive) (of a lamb) to be born
(intransitive) (of a shepherd) to tend the ewes and newborn lambs at lambing time
noun
the lamb, a t-tle given to christ in the new testament
noun
charles, pen name elia. 1775–1834, english essayist and critic. he collaborated with his sister mary on tales from shakespeare (1807). his other works include specimens of english dramatic poets (1808) and the largely autobiographical essays collected in essays of elia (1823; 1833)
william. see (2nd viscount) melbourne2
willis eugene. 1913–2008, us physicist. he detected the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom (lamb shift). n-bel prize for physics 1955
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hanged for a sheep (as a lamb)
in two shakes (of a lamb’s tail)
like a lamb to the slaughter