Memory speaks to the world that has been lost, or all the more precisely the world that has been eradicated.
Assuming that you're talking about the lines in Dickinson's Pride and Prejudice,
Those lines indicate that Dickinson view pride as something that does not require self praise or self mentioned. It should be something that one's hold as an individual belief
Rip Van Winkle, short story by Washington Irving, published in The Sketch Book in 1819–20. ... Rip Van Winkle is an amiable farmer who wanders into the Catskill Mountains, where he comes upon a group of dwarfs playing ninepins. Rip accepts their offer of a drink of liquor and promptly falls asleep.
Van Winkle's neighbor who went off to war while Van Winkle was sleeping. Woman who identifies Van Winkle when he returns to the village after his sleep. The oldest resident of the village, who confirms Van Winkle's identity and cites evidence indicating Van Winkle's strange tale is true.
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