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 CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME

CHAP. X.

''Description of Brighton in the latter Years of the Eighteenth Century. Prospect from the Church. Ideas suggested by Ships sailing to-*wards the Thames, the Reservoir of English Opulence, by the distant Isle of Wight, calling to us by Association, Portsmouth the Reservoir of English Strength. Brighton itself. Its Situation and Conveniences. Chief ostensible Pursuits. Bathing. Regulations suggested. Anecdotes. General Objects of Brighton Visitants. Occupations of Brighton illustrated by a Journal of a Day. Morning. Sea Beach, and Cliffs. Breakfast. Libraries, to hear the London News. Spontaneous Elocution of Newspaper Orators. Spontaneous Instructions of Newspaper Politicians. Military Spectacles on the Parade. The''