Fwd: "dark & busy City"

[Joel S. Berson]

Someone on another list asks:

>In a note to Mary Delany's niece Mary Ann Port, dated 3 Jan. 1785,
>Frances Burney writes: "You and my beloved Mrs. Delany, I have not
>yet been able to see, though we are now both inhabitants of this
>'dark & Busy City.'" Does "dark & busy City" ring a bell for anyone?
>I thought the source would be easy to find, but it has eluded me.

I'm amazed that, fully quoted, it turns up only 3 times on Google Web
and once (well, 9 hits, but they're all Fanny Burney) on Google Books.

Any thoughts?

Joel

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