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lamiya
lamiya
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What does "Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of hamlet sleep" mean? (As written by Mr.Micawber in David Copperfield.)

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Posted by lamiya on Thursday March 22, 2007 at 7:57 AM and tagged with david copperfield.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
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    It is a quotation from Grey's poem "Elegy in a Country Churchyard." It is a way of showing learning.
    The line itself refers to a cemetery, where all the ancestors of a specific small village "sleep" in their graves.

    He's saying, when I'm done with this task, I'll be done with life. All that's left is to bury me.

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    Posted by gbeatty on Friday March 23, 2007 at 8:22 AM