Sanditon: Diplomatic DisplayCambridgeKing's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
the end the Dupes of their ownfallacious Calculations. —
Such a place as Sanditon Sir, I may say waswanted,
was called for. — Nature hadmarked it out
— had spoken in mostintelligible Characters — The finest, purestSeaBreeze on the Coast — acknowledgedto be so —
Excellent Bathing — fine hardSand — Deep Water 10 yards from
the Shore — no Mud — no Weeds — no slimey1 rocks — Never was
there a place more palpablydesigned by Nature for the resort ofthe Invalid — the very Spot whichThousands seemed in need of. — The most desirable distance from London!One complete,a measured mile nearer than
East Bourne. Only conceive Sir, the ad::vantage of saving a whole Mile,that, in a long Journey. But
Brinshore Sir, which I daresay you have in your eye — the attempts of two or three speculatingPeople about Brinshore, this lastyear, to raise that paltry Hamlet,lying, as it
doessituated between a stagnant marsh,a bleak Moor& the constant effluvia of a ridgeof
putrifying Sea weded2, can end innothing but their own Disappointment.
Footnotes
- 1.
- RWC, 1925, reads 'slimey' as 'shiney'.Back to context...
- 2.
- 'weed' altered from 'wed' by writing 'ed' over 'd'.Back to context...