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181. Brighton
He loved the sight of fine forest trees however, and detested
Brighthelmstone Downs [Brighton], "because it was a
country so truly desolate (he said), that if one had a mind to
hang one's self for desperation at being obliged to live there,
it would be difficult to find a tree on which to fasten the
rope."
Piozzi: Anecdotes
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