The capital [London] is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.


Humphry Clinker (1771) vol. 1 (letter from Matthew Bramble, 29 May)


The capital [London] is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment...

The capital [London] is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment...

The capital [London] is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment...

The capital [London] is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment...