The Brighton road : the classic highway to the south . 8 © 13 « s e ae S OS 00 OHCQ H WH W o H-l fa faI—1 h3Q H W GUIDES TO BRIGHTON 265 This town or village of renown,Like London Bridge, half broken down,Few years ago was worse than Wapping,Not fit for a human soul to stop in;But now, like to a worn-out shoe,By patching well, the place will wonder much, Im sure, to seeHow its hecrammd with quality. And so on. Brighthelmstone, indeed, has had more Guideswritten upon it than even Bath has had. and very. DR. RICHARD RUSSELL. From the portrait by Zoffany. curious some of them are become i
The Brighton road : the classic highway to the south . 8 © 13 « s e ae S OS 00 OHCQ H WH W o H-l fa faI—1 h3Q H W GUIDES TO BRIGHTON 265 This town or village of renown,Like London Bridge, half broken down,Few years ago was worse than Wapping,Not fit for a human soul to stop in;But now, like to a worn-out shoe,By patching well, the place will wonder much, Im sure, to seeHow its hecrammd with quality. And so on. Brighthelmstone, indeed, has had more Guideswritten upon it than even Bath has had. and very. DR. RICHARD RUSSELL. From the portrait by Zoffany. curious some of them are become in these days. Theyrange from lively to severe, from grave to gay, fromthe serious screeds of Russell and Dr. Relhan, hissuccessor, to the light and airy, and not too admirable 266 THE BRIGHTON ROAD puffs of to-day. But, however these guides may vary,they all agree in harking back to that shadowy Bright-helm who is supposed to have given his peculiar nameto the ancient fisher-village here established timeout of mind. In the days when County Histories were first let loose, in folio volumes, upon an unoffendingland, historians, archaeologists, and other interestedparties seemed at a loss for the derivation of the place-name, and, rather than confess themselves ignorantof its meaning, they conspired together to invent aSaxon archbishop, who, dying in the odour of sanctityand the ninth century, bequeathed his appellation towhat is now known, in a contracted form, as Brighton. But the man is not known who ha
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