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Karl Philipp Moritz

German Author

Born: Sep 15, 1756

Died: Jun 26, 1793

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St. Paul's arose like some huge mountain above the enormous mass of smaller buildings. Karl Philipp Moritz

Enormous Some Above Smaller Mass Like Buildings Huge Mountain Paul

Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man who does not feel, and describe with rapture, how much he loves his country. Karl Philipp Moritz

On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey. Karl Philipp Moritz

Day Ought Abbey See Gloomy Very Westminster Just Dismal

In the streets through which we passed, I must own the houses in general struck me as if they were dark and gloomy, and yet at the same time they also struck me as prodigiously great and majestic. Karl Philipp Moritz

Time Great Me Dark Own Must Struck General Through Majestic Also Gloomy Houses Passed Were Same Same Time Which Streets

You see in the streets of London, great and little boys running about in long blue coats, which, like robes, reach quite down to the feet, and little white bands, such as the clergy wear. Karl Philipp Moritz

The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London. Karl Philipp Moritz

Great Church Building Style Respects Berlin Total London Some Between Difference Paul Them Notwithstanding Resemblance Peter Appears

In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings. Karl Philipp Moritz

Before Stage Out London Costs Had Demanded Another Passage Just Paid Richmond Whole Now Two Set

I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit this charming walk; for I thought to myself, I have now seen this temple of the modern world imperfectly; I have seen it only by moonlight. Karl Philipp Moritz

Myself Day World Walk Thought Seen Resolved Moonlight Temple Charming Rising Only Purpose Imperfectly Firm Also Bed Go Revisit Modern Modern World Next Now Early

My host at Richmond, yesterday morning, could not sufficiently express his surprise that I intended to venture to walk as far as Oxford, and still farther. He however was so kind as to send his son, a clever little boy, to show me the road leading to Windsor. Karl Philipp Moritz

Morning Me Son Walk Clever Yesterday Kind Windsor Could Host He Road Leading Venture Boy Still However Surprise His Intended Send Oxford As Far As Little Far Richmond Show Farther Express Sufficiently

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