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WRITERS > essayist, author > Charles Lamb
A pun is...
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A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.
Source: Last Essays of Elia, Popular Fallacies: That the Worst Puns are the Best (1833).
-- Charles Lamb, (Feb 10 1775-1834), English essayist, author; The Mitre Courtier was master of the essay, e.g., Essays of Elia, 1823.