Sanditon: Diplomatic Display Cambridge King's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
our Hill, our health-breathing Hill. –"In
ascending, they paſsed the Lodge-Gates of Sanditon House, & saw the top of the House itself among its Groves. It was thelast Building
of former Days old erection in that lineof the Parish. A little higher up, the Mo::dern began; & in croſsing the Down, a Prospect
House, a Bellevue Cottage, & a Denham Place were to be
looked at by Charlottewith the calmneſs of amused
Curiosity, & to be watched by Mr . Parker their
d by Mr . P.Parker with the eager eye which hoped to see scarcely
anyempty houses. — More Bills at the Windowthan he had calculated reckoned on; – fewer and asmaller shew of company on the Hill — Fewer Carriages, fewer Walkers. He had fancied it just the time of day for them
to beall returning from their Airings to dinner —But but there were the Sands — the Sands& the Terrace always attracted some –.and the Tide must beflowing . —1 about
half - Tide –.now.2 in. – He longed tobe on the Sands, the Cliffs,at his own House,& every
where out of his House.at once. His Spiritsrose with the
very sight of the Sea & he cd -couldalmost feel his Ancle getting stronger already. –Trafalgar House, on the most elevated Spoton the Down was a light of any, was an elegant Building, standing separated from the Down only
by a in a small Lawn witha very young plantationrounds over it,
Footnotes
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- Full stop overwritten by a dash. Back to context...
- 2.
- JA made two small revisions here: 'about half in' was altered to 'about half-Tide' to be replaced by 'half-Tide now'. Back to context...