Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 29 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a page of running prose from what appears to be a travel narrative titled "A Month's Tour" (page 29). The text describes the approach to Dublin Bay, Ireland, noting the difficulties of its harbor entrance but praising the scenic landscape visible from the bay, which includes Howth, Dublin, Black Rock, Clontorf, and Dunleary with their white buildings and cultivated fields. The narrator then recounts disembarking and dining at the Marine coffee-house before proceeding by coach to lodgings at an address in Parliament (the name appears redacted or partially obscured). The page uses period typography with archaic spelling conventions typical of late 18th or early 19th-century publishing.
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