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Title: An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Railroads -- Great Britain Europe -- Guidebooks England -- Guidebooks
Publisher: (London) : Morton & Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e is distinctly perceptible. Few places have risen morerapidly in general esteem than this comparatively novel sea-side place.Its position gives it much of the bracing vigour for which Margate isrecommended, and more of that quietude for which so many seek in vain.It is also laid out with greater appreciation of loitering, and if lessenthusiastic is not less agreeable. There is an esplanade that runs by theside of the sea, where a man may loiter after dinner and imbibe at once thefreshness of the strong sea air and the delicious soothing of a good cigar.It is well asphalted, has garden-seats scattered here and there, and a goodlook-out over the cliffs at the far end. If you are fond of croquet, lawntennis, or bowls ; go to Westgate. If you like to rest in the open andwatch the waves as they break lazily on the shore; go to Westgate. If youlove the sound of music sweetened as it floats over water, or the humof busy whirling life mellowed by distance; again we say, go to Westgate. 276 ^
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9-^^——— ijtr^ MARGATE. There is no seaside place at once so popular and so bracing asMargate. The reasons for these results are not far to seek, and they are tobe found in its pronounced natural advantages, combined with its proximityto the metropolis. If any one will look at a map, he will see in a momentits great natural position. It stands on the brow of that jutting headlandof the chalk cliffs which fringe the mouth of the Thames. The strong airfrom the Northern sea sweeps down upon it with refreshing vigour duringthe heats of summer. The crisp, briny flavour, cool and close-grained, actsas a powerful tonic on the unstrung nerves of those who are enfeebled bythe heat; and thus the hosts of London life rush to its shores. The highchalk cliffs imply dry, clear air, whilst the rich luxuriance of the countryside gives zest to the change. Life rebounds as the old refrain of the songis trolled forth with full vigour, and men who never sang a verse in theirlives, feel themselves en

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