Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 89 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 89: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Description This is a page of running prose from what appears to be a travel narrative or tour guide (page 89, titled "A MONTH's TOUR"). The text describes a country estate in Ireland where Oliver Cromwell held his first parliament. It details the grounds, including a small grove with a circular aviary housing peacocks, pheasants, swans, and ducks; extensive gardens with fruit walls on the north side; and notably, a magnificent brick green-house measuring approximately one hundred and twenty feet long by thirty feet wide. The author expresses admiration for the greenhouse while dismissing the plant collection as unremarkable to English eyes.
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