When a Man Be Tired of London
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Dr. Johnson famously proclaimed to his biographer, Samuel Boswell: “Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”
In the early 1970s, I visited London for the first time. After a week of hypomanic touristing during the day, then evening theater, followed by club poker into the wee hours, I agreeably concluded that, 2 centuries later, Dr. Johnson’s remark remained spot on…
