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[[File:Cock lane ghost.png|250px|thumb|alt=A monochrome illustration of a narrow street, viewed from a corner, or intersection. A large three-storey building is visible on the right of the image. The ground floor has three windows, the first and second floors have two windows each. The roof appears to contain a row of windows, for a loft space. The word "KING" is written between the first and second floors, and a sign, "(contracted; show full)t;I know the master of his school was a Dissenter, and that would in a great measure account for the Cock-lane Ghost's behaving in such an improper manner to the clergyman when he grew up."<ref>{{Harvnb|Dickens|1838–39|p=655}}</ref>  Dickens also very briefly mentions the Cock Lane ghost in ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]''<ref>{{Harvnb|Dickens|1859|p=1}}</ref> and ''[[Dombey and Son]]''.<ref>{{Harvnb|Dickens|1867|p=64}}</ref>
  [[Herman Melville]] references the affair in chapter 69 of [[Moby Dick]] which ends with "Are you a believer in ghosts, my friend?  There are other ghosts than the Cock-Lane one, and far deeper men than Doctor Johnson who believe in them."

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[[Category:Hoaxes in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:History of the City of London]]
[[Category:London crime history]]
[[Category:18th century in London]]
[[Category:18th-century hoaxes]]

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