Sanditon: Diplomatic Display Cambridge King's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
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A Gentleman & Lady travelling from
Tun-bridge towards that part of the Suſsex Coast which lies between Hastings & E.EastBourne, being
induced by Busineſs to
quit were, on quitting the highroad, & toil toilingattempt a very rough
Lane up a very long steep hillwere through a rough Lane,1 overturned intoiling up its' long ascenthalf rock, half
sand. – The accidenthappened just beyond the only Gentleman's House near the Lane —a the House, whichtheir Driver on beingfirst required to take turn thatdirection, way, had conceived to be neceſsarily
theirobject, & had with most unwilling Looksbeen constrained to paſs by –––. two minutesHe had
grumbled, & shaken his Shoulders before grumbling so much indeed, & looking and pitied & cut so black, & pitying & cutting his Horses sosharply much; that he might have been open to the suspicion of
overturning them on pur::pose (especially as
the Carriage was not his Masters notthe Gentleman's2 own) if
the roadhad notindisputably & evidently become considerably much worse than before, as soon as thepremises
of the said House were paſsed left behind — saying expreſsing, with a as Bad
as it had most intelligent portentous and seeming been before – the Change seemed to say,countenance that beyond it no wheels but cartwheels could safely
proceed. coul ever thought of proceeding.
she was become that Lovelineſs was complete.
Footnotes
- 1.
- Comma has been repurposed as caret. Back to context...
- 2.
- RWC assumes an error here and that 'the Gentleman's' should have been deleted leaving 'was not his Masters own'. Back to context...
