The Royal Crescent


Walks Through Bath (1818) by P Egan

At every step the visitor takes, nothing but elegance meets his eye; and proceeding in a straight line the Square is left, Marlborough-Street is passed, and at the bottom of Marlborough-Buildings, (a long range of respectable habitations,) the ver acme and grandeur of all Bath is nowobtained, namely, the Royal Crescent. The above Crescent, consisting of thirty houses, is of an elliptical form, with a single order of Ionic pillars, supporting the superior cornice. The fronts of the houses, which terminate each end of the Crescent, have an imposing effect. Independent of a wide pavement, a broad carriage-road, and a fine lawn in front, enclosed with iron rails, it has also a capacious gravel-walk for foot passenters.

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Quotations
 Chapter 5 
As soon as divine service was over, the Thorpes and Allens eagerly joined each other; and after staying long enough in the pump–room to discover that the crowd was insupportable, and that there was not a genteel face to be seen, which everybody discovers every Sunday throughout the season, they hastened away to the Crescent, to breathe the fresh air of better company.
 Chapter 9 
“Yes; we agreed to take a turn in the Crescent, and there we met Mrs. Hughes, and Mr. and Miss Tilney walking with her.” “Did you indeed? And did they speak to you?” “Yes, we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour. They seem very agreeable people. Miss Tilney was in a very pretty spotted muslin, and I fancy, by what I can learn, that she always dresses very handsomely. Mrs. Hughes talked to me a great deal about the family.”
 Chapter 13 
Her conviction of being right, however, was not enough to restore her composure; till she had spoken to Miss Tilney she could not be at ease; and quickening her pace when she got clear of the Crescent, she almost ran over the remaining ground till she gained the top of Milsom Street. So rapid had been her movements that in spite of the Tilneys’ advantage in the outset, they were but just turning into their lodgings as she came within view of them;
 

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