ROUND THE TOWN WITH DR. JOHNSON.1

WHETHER London be a pleasant place to live in, no man shall decide for another. Love of London, or dislike of London, is a question of temperament and not a matter of argument, except amongst those dreadful people who dispute their way through life. Many great men would not willingly have dwelt else...

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