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London8 quotes
A duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London. — Thomas De Quincey · 1821London is a modern Babylon. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1847When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. — Samuel Johnson · 1777Hell is a city much like London—
A populous and a smoky city. — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1822Oh, London is a fine town,
A very famous city,
Where all the streets are paved with gold,
And all the maidens pretty. — George Colman the Younger · 1797A foggy day in London Town
Had me low and had me down.
I viewed the morning with alarm.
The British Museum had lost its charm. — Ira Gershwin · 1937All 8 quotes →British Empire1 quote
London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. — Arthur Conan Doyle · 1887Down days1 quote
A foggy day in London Town
Had me low and had me down.
I viewed the morning with alarm.
The British Museum had lost its charm. — Ira Gershwin · 1937Hell1 quote
Hell is a city much like London—
A populous and a smoky city. — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1822Rainy days1 quote
A duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London. — Thomas De Quincey · 1821Sunday1 quote
A duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London. — Thomas De Quincey · 1821