Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 33 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This is a page of running prose from what appears to be a travel narrative or tour guide. The text describes a visitor's observations of Dublin landmarks, including the public library (described as an elegant room with a tolerable book collection), a picture exhibition (deemed unremarkable), and Trinity College (detailed at length with descriptions of its four-story height, twenty-three front windows, Portland stone quadrangle, and various interior spaces). The writing uses eighteenth-century typography (long 's' characters) and matter-of-fact architectural commentary typical of period travel writing.
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