Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 77 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 77: what you’re looking at
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# Description of Page This is a page of running prose (page 77) from the body of a travel narrative titled "A Month's Tour." The text describes a journey away from a city through countryside dotted with white villas, passing Sir Edward Newnham's estate with its lawn and bird-filled plantation. The narrator then reaches a bay view and describes a nearby Charter-school for "Popish children" (Catholics) receiving Protestant education, noting that the government has granted thirty thousand pounds for its current year support. The page uses period typography with long 's' characters and appears to be from an 18th or early 19th-century printed work.
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