Charles Knight:

Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century

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Thomas Hill (1760-1840)

English book-collector who entertained members of Leigh Hunt's circle at his cottage at Sydenham in Kent. He was a proprietor of the Monthly Mirror and later a writer for the Morning Chronicle. Charles Lamb described him as “the wettest of dry salters.” English book-collector who entertained members of Leigh Hunt's circle at his cottage at Sydenham in Kent. He was a proprietor of the Monthly Mirror and later a writer for the Morning Chronicle. Charles Lamb described him as “the wettest of dry salters.”