Dickens

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    One of the many to whom, from straightened circumstances, a consequent inability to form the associations they would wish, and a disinclination to mix with the society they could obtain, London is as complete a solitude as the plains of Syria.
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh. Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)