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Daniel Defoe Quotes
A very fine city; the four principal streets are the fairest for breadth, and the finest built that I have ever seen in one city together... In a word, ’tis the cleanest and beautifullest, and best built city in Britain, London excepted.
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Daniel Defoe (29)
Birth: | 13th September, 1660 |
Death: | 24th April, 1731 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Journalist, Writer, Merchant |
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