"We then journeyed on to London Street, down which the tidal ditch continues its course."

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"We then journeyed on to London Street, down which the tidal ditch continues its course."

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"We then journeyed on to London Street, down which the tidal ditch continues its course."

Henry Mayhew, English Journalist

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"A youthful American voice isn't particularly challenging - I've been a young American, and they're all around me. I can walk from my house to Barrington High School."

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"The city of London, within the walls, occupies a space of only 370 acres, and is but the hundred and fortieth part of the extent covered by the whole metropolis."

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