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Farewell To The Rhine.
FAREWELL TO THE RHINE .
England farewell—strange shores wiP rise , When thy white cliffs are lost to view , With warmer suns , and brighter skies . But will their hearts , like thine , be true ?
IT is no longer the privilege of the aristocracy to travel ; the London tradesman of to-day sees more of the world than the Peer of the seventeenth century . At the close of the London season , Bond Street migrates to the Rhine , and Regent ' s Circus may be found wandering amongst the Alps . These reflections were suggested to me on looking over the traveller ' s book in the ancient city of Mayence , some wag having written their respective occupations against the aristocratic disignation of lish
rentier , gentilhomme—d . nd particidier , g iven by the Eng voyageurs . ^ Napoleon called us a nation of shopkeepers . We ought to be proud of the title ; but John Bull is a vain animal , and wishes to be thought genteel when travelling in foreign parts . All this , I trust you will consider for parenthesis , and permit me to commence my travels . The steam boat having conveyed me safely to Holland , I landed at Rotterdam—a remarkably clean town interspersed The church of St
with canals-a kind of Dutch Venice . great . Lawrence , after Harlem , contains the finest organ in Europe . —Nothing can be more irreverend than a Dutch congregation—the men standing with their hats on , or lounging up and clown the aisles . The women crowded together , each with an earthen pot containing fire for her feet . The pastor ' in Ms brown wig , and two long black tails reaching nearly to the calf of his leg , reminded me , while reading the Psalms , of Bnckstone the actor—his twansr was most irresistibly comic . At the
Hague , I met an officer of the guard , who spoke excellent English , and turned out to be a Brother . I need scarcely tell you that I was delighted with the rencontre . He insisted ( despite my dishabille ) , on my dining with him at mess , and introduced mc to his brother officers—a most unceremonious , good natured set of fellows , whose manners , with a few trifling exceptions , such as spitting on the floor at dinner , wiping their mouths with the table-cloth , and smoking during the dessert , were not so Grand
very bad . At the theatre my inviter pointed out to me the Master of Holland , Prince Frederick , who presides over the principal Lodge , in person , once a month . The distinction of a purple apron , I found , was unknown to my companion , at the general assembly of the Order answering to our Grand Lodge . The Masters of the Senior Lodges present , filled the chairs under his Royal Highness . The hall of meeting is over the theatre , and very splendidly decorated . After visiting the two chambers for
palace in the wood , the Prince ' s court containing the their high mightinesses , the states-general , a fine gothic hall for the lottery , and other government offices , I started for Cologne by way of Leyden , Utrecht , and Nimenguen , where I embarked upon the mighty Rhine , and arrived at Cologne the following evening . —Late as it was , a party was made to visit the cathedral and tomb of the Three Kings , one of the most celebrated shrines in Europe . The guardian of the church hesitated at first , it being dark , but a few guilders easily silenced his scruples , and provided with tapers we entered the pile ,
" Where rest the ashes of the mighty dead . " After making the tour of the church , the centre aisles of which are now finishing , our conductor led us through a succession of doors and passages voi- in . 3 N
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Farewell To The Rhine.
FAREWELL TO THE RHINE .
England farewell—strange shores wiP rise , When thy white cliffs are lost to view , With warmer suns , and brighter skies . But will their hearts , like thine , be true ?
IT is no longer the privilege of the aristocracy to travel ; the London tradesman of to-day sees more of the world than the Peer of the seventeenth century . At the close of the London season , Bond Street migrates to the Rhine , and Regent ' s Circus may be found wandering amongst the Alps . These reflections were suggested to me on looking over the traveller ' s book in the ancient city of Mayence , some wag having written their respective occupations against the aristocratic disignation of lish
rentier , gentilhomme—d . nd particidier , g iven by the Eng voyageurs . ^ Napoleon called us a nation of shopkeepers . We ought to be proud of the title ; but John Bull is a vain animal , and wishes to be thought genteel when travelling in foreign parts . All this , I trust you will consider for parenthesis , and permit me to commence my travels . The steam boat having conveyed me safely to Holland , I landed at Rotterdam—a remarkably clean town interspersed The church of St
with canals-a kind of Dutch Venice . great . Lawrence , after Harlem , contains the finest organ in Europe . —Nothing can be more irreverend than a Dutch congregation—the men standing with their hats on , or lounging up and clown the aisles . The women crowded together , each with an earthen pot containing fire for her feet . The pastor ' in Ms brown wig , and two long black tails reaching nearly to the calf of his leg , reminded me , while reading the Psalms , of Bnckstone the actor—his twansr was most irresistibly comic . At the
Hague , I met an officer of the guard , who spoke excellent English , and turned out to be a Brother . I need scarcely tell you that I was delighted with the rencontre . He insisted ( despite my dishabille ) , on my dining with him at mess , and introduced mc to his brother officers—a most unceremonious , good natured set of fellows , whose manners , with a few trifling exceptions , such as spitting on the floor at dinner , wiping their mouths with the table-cloth , and smoking during the dessert , were not so Grand
very bad . At the theatre my inviter pointed out to me the Master of Holland , Prince Frederick , who presides over the principal Lodge , in person , once a month . The distinction of a purple apron , I found , was unknown to my companion , at the general assembly of the Order answering to our Grand Lodge . The Masters of the Senior Lodges present , filled the chairs under his Royal Highness . The hall of meeting is over the theatre , and very splendidly decorated . After visiting the two chambers for
palace in the wood , the Prince ' s court containing the their high mightinesses , the states-general , a fine gothic hall for the lottery , and other government offices , I started for Cologne by way of Leyden , Utrecht , and Nimenguen , where I embarked upon the mighty Rhine , and arrived at Cologne the following evening . —Late as it was , a party was made to visit the cathedral and tomb of the Three Kings , one of the most celebrated shrines in Europe . The guardian of the church hesitated at first , it being dark , but a few guilders easily silenced his scruples , and provided with tapers we entered the pile ,
" Where rest the ashes of the mighty dead . " After making the tour of the church , the centre aisles of which are now finishing , our conductor led us through a succession of doors and passages voi- in . 3 N