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4766. LIFE IN PARIS.—

I often wish
myself among my lazy and hospitable countrymen,
as I am here [Paris] burning the candle
of life without present pleasure, or future object.
A dozen or twenty years ago, this scene
would have amused me, but I am past the age
for changing habits.—
To Mrs. Trist. Ford ed., iv, 330.
(P. 1786)