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122 LAMBALLE In Ms last moments, when nearly insensible to things around him, his mind seemed in- tent on hospitable purposes, and he proposed in broken sentences some meeting of his friends. Beneath all his inconsistencies, his fantastic ideas, subtle perceptions, absurd fancies, and mingling of jest with seriousness, the most constant and prominent feature of his char- acter was amiability. The " Essays of Elia " hold a peculiar place in English literature. The style is a model of quaint and graceful elaboration, showing both his original genius and his familiarity with the fine sayings of the Elizabethan age ; and they abound as well in profound thoughts as in the rarest fancies and felicities of expression. His works were edited, with a biography consisting largely of his let- ters, which are among the most delightful in the language, by Thomas Noon Talf ourd (1 vol. 8vo, London, 1840; 4 vols., 1850; with addi- tion of the " Final Memorials," 1 vol., 1852 ; 4 vols., 1855). The " Specimens of English Dramatic Poets," and other writings of his, are not included. The " Essays of Elia" have been published separately (Boston? 1860), and a volume of the uncollected writings of Charles Lamb, edited by J. E. Babson (Boston, 1864), since incorporated with several complete edi- tions. II. Mary Anne, an English authoress, sister of the preceding, born in London in 1765, died in St. John's Wood, May 20, 1847. She resided constantly with her brother until his death, except when fits of insanity obliged her removal to the asylum. She wrote a few slight poems, and in conjunction with him the " Tales from Shakespeare" (1807) and a collection of juvenile tales entitled " Mrs. Leicester's School " (1808). The stories by her are, as Charles de- lighted to insist, the best of the collection. When well, she was remarkable for the sweet- ness and placidity of her disposition. On Charles Lamb's death the East India company granted to her the pension to which a widow was entitled, and her brother had besides made her comfort secure by his own savings. A volume of poems, letters, and remains of Mary and Charles Lamb, with reminiscences and notes, edited by W. Carew Hazlitt, was pub- lished in 1874. LAMBALLE, Marie Therese Lonise de Savoic-Ca- rignan, princess of, born in Turin, Sept. 8, 1749, murdered at the prison of La Force in Paris, Sept. 3, 1792. She was early remarked for her intelligence, sweetness of temper, and per- sonal beauty. In 1767 she was married to the prince of Lamballe, son of the duke of Bour- bon-Penthievre. This union was not happy, and the princess was about to seek a separa- tion when her husband died, May 7, 1768. On the death of Marie Leszczynska, a marriage was proposed between her and Louis XV.; but the project was defeated by Choiseul and his adherents. Marie Antoinette conceived a strong attachment for the princess, and on her accession to the throne appointed her superintendent of the royal household. The LAMBERT princess proved a devoted friend. She saw without jealousy the growing favor of the duchess of Polignac, and silently kept aloof ; but when the latter, on the breaking out of the revolution, deserted her mistress, she returned to her post. She was at the queen's side on the dreadful days of June 20 and Aug. 10, 1792, and accompanied her to the legislative assem- bly and afterward to the Temple. On Aug. 19 she was separated from her mistress and con- fined in the prison of La Force, where, despite the most energetic measures to save her, she fell a victim to the September massacre. When she appeared before the tribunal which passed sentence upon the prisoners, she answered with firmness and dignity. She refused to take the oath against the king, the queen, and mon- archy ; and scarcely had the verdict, " Out with her," been uttered, when she was struck down with a billet by a drummer boy and de- spatched with a sword ; her body was mutilated and exposed, and her head placed on a pike, and carried first to the Palais Royal, where the duke of Orleans, her brother-in-law, was forced to salute it, and then to the Temple, where it was paraded under the windows of the queen. The Memoires relatifs d la famille royale de France (2 vols. 8vo, Paris, 1826), gathered from her conversations and memoranda, and pub- lished by Mrs. 0. Hyde, the marchioness Solari, are not considered authentic. Her biography has been written by M. de Lescure (Paris, 1864). LAMBERT, Daniel, an English giant, born in Leicester, March 13, 1769, died in Stamford, June 21, 1809. Neither his parents, brother, nor sisters were of unusual size, but an uncle and an aunt were remarkable for corpulence. In his youth he excelled in strength, and was fond of field sports and other athletic exercises, but gave no indications that he was to attain excessive bulk till his 19th year. He soon after succeeded his father as keeper of the prison in Leicester, and his rapid increase in size from that time he attributed to his confinement and sedentary life. In 1793, when he weighed 448 Ibs., he walked from Woolwich to London with less fatigue than several other men in his party. He was noted as a swimmer, and could float with two men of ordinary size on his back. Being incommoded by the curiosity of numerous visitors from the adjacent country, he decided in 1806 to exhibit himself in London. His apartments in Piccadilly became almost a place of fashionable resort, and his visitors were re- ceived with politeness, and treated him in the most respectful manner. He remained five months in the metropolis, and afterward ex- hibited himself in the principal towns of Eng- land. He was 5 ft. 11 in. high, and at his death he weighed 739 Ibs. He measured 9 ft. 4 in. round the body, and 3 ft. 1 in. round the leg. He never drank any beverage but water, slept regularly less than eight hours a day, was healthy, active, and vivacious through life, and took part in all the sports of the field till within a few years of his death.