. Memoirs of Charles Lamb; . t, and on Saturday morn-ing I went to see him. The immediate cause of his decease waserysipelas ; but it was in truth a breaking up of the constitution, andhe died from mere weakness. When I saw him, the disease had soaltered him that it was a very melancholy sight; his mind was thenalmost gone, and I do not think he was conscious of my presence. Hedid not, 1 believe, suffer any pain, nor was he at all conscious of saw him the day before; then he was perfecdy sensible, talkedof common things, and said he was only weak, and should be well in aday or two.
. Memoirs of Charles Lamb; . t, and on Saturday morn-ing I went to see him. The immediate cause of his decease waserysipelas ; but it was in truth a breaking up of the constitution, andhe died from mere weakness. When I saw him, the disease had soaltered him that it was a very melancholy sight; his mind was thenalmost gone, and I do not think he was conscious of my presence. Hedid not, 1 believe, suffer any pain, nor was he at all conscious of saw him the day before; then he was perfecdy sensible, talkedof common things, and said he was only weak, and should be well in aday or two. He died witliin two hoi\rs after I saw him.—Talfourato H, Crabb Robinso?!, Dec 31, 1834. When the presence was suggested of a clergyman,- says MrProcter, **he made no remark, but understood that his life was indanger; he was quite calm, and collected, and quite resigned.—F. 2 Though unconscious of the calamity that had befallen her, she wasable to go to the churchyard and point out the place to one of theexecutors.—F,. I) lambs friends and companions. 221 So died, in the sixtieth year of his age, one of themost remarkable and amiable men who have everlived. Few of his numerous friends were aware of hisillness before they heard of his death ; and, until thatillness seized him, he had appeared so little changedby time, so likely to continue for several years, andhe was so intimately associated with every-day en-gagements and feelings, that the news was as strangeas it was mournful. When the first sad surprise wasover, several of his friends strove to do justice totheir own recollections of him ; and articles upon hischaracter and writings, all written out of the heart,appeared from Mr. Procter in the Athenceitm^ fromMr. Forster in the New Monthly Magazine,^ fromMr. Patmore in the Court Magazine^ and from in Leigh Hunts London ^onrnal^ besidesothers whose authors are unknown to me ; and sub-sequently many affectionate allusions, from penswhich his own
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