Observations made on a tour from Hamburg, through Berlin, Gorlitz, and Breslau, to Silberberg; and thence to Gottenburg

Robert Semple

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• Germany
• Sweden

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 5
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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THE LIBRARY
OF
THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELESOBSEHVATIONS
MADE ON
A TOUR
FROM HAMBURG,
THROUGH
AND BRESLAU,BERLIN, GORLITZ,
TO SILBERBERG;
AND THENCE TO GOTTENBURG.
BY
ROBERT SEMPLE,
OF TWO JOURNEYS IN AAUTHOR SKETCH OFSPAIN,
THE &C.CARACAS,
LONDON:
PRIXTED FOR ROBERT PATEKNOSTER A%DBALDWIX, 47, ROW,
ALBF-MVRLF,J, STREET.MURRAY,
1814.(r*n, Pnr.te',PREFACE.
narrative contained inX HE the following
would never have seen the but forpages light,
a circumstance which forms the prominent
in and theincident of whichit^ publication
due to ownI conceived character. Themy
includes antrack over which I travelled
of between the
important part Germany,
and the andElbe extends aOder, through
of to thesm'ill Sweden, contiguousportion
wasand the ThetSouud Cattegat. period
oftheeven during suspensionintorestuig,
the con-whichai-ms. The stillness precedes
more aw-is sometimesfiict of tiic elements
itself.ful than t!ie storm
A 2IV PRETACE.
I liavc to narrate an ofinstance cruel
I trust it remainwill everinljospitality.
in the of countrymen.singular history my
V\'hen a thousand dan-Coriolanus, through
had reached the of hishearthgcrSj enemy.
h(2 in under thereposed security protection
of his household The Arab of the
gods.
desert at the of his the tra-riskdefends, life,
veller who has once entered the door of his
tent. The romantic ofpage Spanish story
tells us of a Moor who unwittingly gave
who had slain hisshelter to the Christian
of forson the;only yet rights hos])itality
the dictatesa time suspended in his bosom
in alTecti<jn and himMountingrevenge.
''
toon lii^> ticctest said he him,horse, Flv,"
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it is have some\vhil^t vet and v^-unight,
ei of the murderci'lance ^'ou are
esca})e.
cf mv but Mahomet hass^m, ])erm!tted
a'Ai to come h.ncalli and lur} roof,my