. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . s bythe side of the sea, and finds abundance of space for all it requires on thesesplendid wide-spreading sands. Here is the pale-faced governess, who hassaved out of her scanty income that she may rest in tranquillity for a season, 2S0 _^ Ramsgate. 1 and as she dozes over the pages of her novel she gathers fresh strength forher next years labour. The crisp laughter that echoes around her stirs theblood in her veins, and wakens again dreams of hope that have been toolong stilled.
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . s bythe side of the sea, and finds abundance of space for all it requires on thesesplendid wide-spreading sands. Here is the pale-faced governess, who hassaved out of her scanty income that she may rest in tranquillity for a season, 2S0 _^ Ramsgate. 1 and as she dozes over the pages of her novel she gathers fresh strength forher next years labour. The crisp laughter that echoes around her stirs theblood in her veins, and wakens again dreams of hope that have been toolong stilled. Here is that prosperous grocers wife, with her brood of chicks,smiling in her good-natured contentment at each and every one, smoothingaway difficulties, caressing all by turn, and looking a very- pleasant fat, fair,and forty. Here also is that poor curate whose face tells the fierce strugglebetween gentility and want. The memories of old college days still haunthim, despite his rusty black, and he laughs once again at the mimicry of thelatest imitation of the Christy Minstrels. The donkeys participate in the. enjoyment of the hour, for their tails wag incessantly, like the pendulums ina Dutch clockmakers shop. Around and at every step the motto burstsforth— Live, live and be merry, for to-morrow we go back to our work. This is life on the sands : it is the arena for holiday joking, for buoyancyand forgetfulness. Above it floats another atmos|)here and another stratumof society. From its vantage-ground on the high cliff, rich respectabilitylooks across the wide expanse of sea, imbibes the soft air, and findsabundance of enjoyment in the ever-recurring changes, the comparison ofthe latest fashions, or the sting of satire in the criticism of its a bench near the Granville are a be\y of well-bred women convulsedwith laughter as that puppyism of the seaside season, Martinet Mary andher tame lap-dog, come trippingly by. The poodle knows his j)lace, andsubm
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