Walking on the Steyne at Brighton in Jane Austen’s day

I found this extract from a satirical poem which paints such wonderful pictures in the mind of Brighton in the late 1790′s. It’s taken from ‘A Moral Epistle from the Pavilion at Brighton to Carlton House’ by Anthony Pasquin. ‘Tis the rage but to walk on the Steyne in the eve,When the dew falls as [...]

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Walking on the Steyne at Brighton in Jane Austen’s day

I found this extract from a satirical poem which paints such wonderful pictures in the mind of Brighton in the late 1790′s. It’s taken from ‘A Moral Epistle from the Pavilion at Brighton to Carlton House’ by Anthony Pasquin. ‘Tis the rage but to walk on the Steyne in the eve,When the dew falls as [...]

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