The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fle…

Charles Lamb
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The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. ✨ Letter to Thomas Manning, 15 February 1802 (quoting from 'The Londoner', no. 1), in E. Marrs (ed.) 'The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb' vol. 2 (1976) p. 57
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The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. ✨ Letter to Thomas Manning, 15 February 1802 (quoting from 'The Londoner', no. 1), in E. Marrs (ed.) 'The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb' vol. 2 (1976) p. 57

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