History of a 6 weeks tour - Germany |
Before we slept, Shelley had made a bargain for a boat to carry us to Mayence, and the next morning, bidding adieu to Switzerland, we embarked in a boat laden with merchandize, but where we had no fel...
Posted by on Thu, 11 May 2006 15:45:00 GMT |
History of a 6 weeks tour - Switzerland |
On passing the French barrier, a surprising difference may be observed between the opposite nations that inhabit either side. The Swiss cottages are much cleaner and neater, and the inhabitants exhibi...
Posted by on Fri, 05 May 2006 05:59:00 GMT |
A continuation of our 6 weeks tour - we leave Paris |
After remaining a week in Paris, we received a small remittance that set us free from a kind of imprisonment there which we found very irksome. But how should we proceed? After talking over and reject...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:51:00 GMT |
On to Paris - 30 July 1814 |
Exhausted with sickness and fatigue, I walked over the sands with my companions to the hotel. I heard for the first time the confused buzz of voices speaking a different language from that to which I ...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:33:00 GMT |
Shelley, Claire and I take leave of London and arrive in Calais |
We left London July 28th, 1814, on a hotter day than has been known in this climate for many years. I am not a good traveller, and this heat agreed very ill with me, till, on arriving at Dover, I was ...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:36:00 GMT |
