A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany, Vol. 2 (of 2)

A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany, Vol. 2 (of 2) - With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent Characters

Since my return from Darmstadt, the weather has been so very bad, that I have passed the time mostly at home. That I may obey your injunctions to write regularly at the stated periods, I will send you the substance of a conversation I had within these few days with a foreigner, a man of letters, with[2] whom I am in a considerable degree of intimacy. This gentleman has never been in England, but he speaks the language a little, understands it very well, and has studied many of our best Authors. He said, that he had found in some English books, a solidity of reasoning, and a strength of expression, superior to any thing he had met with elsewhere;that the English history furnished examples of patriotism and zeal for civil liberty, equal to what was recorded in the Greek or Roman story;that English poetry displayed a sublimity of thought, and a knowledge of the human heart, which no writings, ancient or modern, could surpass; and in philosophy it was pretty generally allowed, that the English nation had no rival.He then mentioned the improvements made by Englishmen in medicine and other arts,[3] their superiority in navigation, commerce, and manufactures; and even hinted something in praise of a few English statesmen. He concluded his panegyric by saying, that these considerations had given him the highest idea of the English nation, and had led him to cultivate the acquaintance of many Englishmen whom he had occasionally met on their travels. But he frankly acknowledged, that his connection with these had not contributed to support the idea he had formed of their nation. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 58731
Author: Moore, John
Release Date: Jan 19, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English