Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 80 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 80: what you’re looking at
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This is a page of running prose from "A Month's Tour," likely from a travel narrative or descriptive work rather than a penny dreadful. The text describes a pleasant walk through shrubbery and grove, noting the songs of birds like thrushes and blackbirds, before transitioning into a poetic effusion about spring. The passage concludes with four lines of verse celebrating the end of winter and the arrival of spring's gentle winds and fertilizing showers. The prose is genteel and sentimental in tone, focused on natural beauty and picturesque scenes.
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