adherencies

D. in return for as many of his own performances, and I confess I never had any scruple in taking _my own_ again wherever I found it, shaking the adherencies off -- and by this means one Copy of "my Works" served for G.D. and with a little dusting was made over to my good friend Dr. Stoddart, who little thought whose leavings he was taking when he made me that graceful bow.

The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805