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And such was his love of London, so high a relish had he of its
magnificent extent, and variety of intellectual entertainment, that he
languished when absent from it, his mind having become quite luxurious
from the long habit of enjoying the metropolis; and, therefore, although
at Lichfield, surrounded with friends, who loved and revered him, and
for whom he had a very sincere affection, he still found that such
conversation as London affords, could be found no where else. These
feelings, joined, probably, to some flattering hopes of aid from the
eminent physicians and surgeons in London, who kindly and generously
attended him without accepting fees, made him resolve to return to the
capital.
From Lichfield he came to Birmingham, where he passed a few days with
his worthy old schoolfellow, Mr. Hector, who thus writes to me:--'He
was very solicitous with me to recollect some of our most early
transactions, and transmit them to him, for I perceive nothing gave him
greater pleasure than calling to mind those days of our innocence.
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