The Flowers of Modern Travels: Being Elegant, Entertaining and Instructive Extracts, Selected from the Works of the Most Celebrated Travelers, Volumen1

John Adams

Pub. for the subscribers, John H. Belcher, agent, 1816

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Of the Food of the Icelandersibid	20

Of the River NileBaron de Tott	28

Of Genevaibid	36

Of Voltaireibid	47

Of Gesner the Author of the Death of Abel and Lava	58

Of Berne in Swisserlandibid	67

Cf the Manner of ordering Silkworms at Ghilan in PersiaIbid	215

Of the Hot Baths at SophiaLady M W Montague	216

Of the Nature of the Turkish Government and of the Grand Signiors Procession to the MosqueIbid_	218

Of the Persons and Manners of the Turkish LadiesIbid	219

Of the pleasant Situation of Adrianople and the Manner in which the Turks pass their Time thereIbid	222

Of the Entertainment given by the Grand Viziers Lady Ibid	224

Of ConstantinopleIbid	226

Verses addressed to Lady M W MontaguePope 229	229

Of the Hereditary Prince of Prussiaibid	93

Of Copenhagen A D 1771Wraxall	101

Of Stockholm A D 1774Ibid	111

Of Bremen A D 1774Ibid	123

SECT Page XXXI Of the City of Canton in ChinaChineese Traveller	134

Of the Policy and Government of ChinaIbid 142	142

Of ConfuciusIbid	147

Of the Number of Inhabitants in China and of the Chinese LanguageIbid	154

Of the Tea Plant Ibid	156

Of Naples and Mount VesuviusBrydone	159

Of StromboloIbid	171

An Account of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius which happened in August 1779Sir W Hamilton	173

Of Mount Etna May 29 1770Brydone	180

A View of the Stars and Rising Sun from Mount Etna Ibid	186

Of the Descent from Mount Etna of its Height and of the Electricity of the Air near VolcanosIbid	194

Of Modern RomeSharp 202¹	202

Of the Modern RomansDr Moore	205

Description of Pompeys Pillar in the Neighbourhood of Alexandria in Egypt and an Anecdote of some English Sea Officers thereIrwin	208

Of the Modern PersiansHanway	211

A singular HeadDressa singular CustomSir William Temples Opinion of HollandTour through Holland	230

Of the Character and Manners of the VenitiansDr Moore	231

Of the Situation of Venice its Canals and BridgesIbid 236	236

Of various Natural Beauties in WalesLord Lyttelton	239

Of Carnarvon and the Isle of AngleseaIbid	246

A Travelling Anecdote at Machynlleth in WalesTour through Wales 251	251

Of Dublin and the Hospitality of the Irish A D 1774	254

Of the comparative Merit of the French and English Sherlock	261

the Englishibid	264

Character of the French Ladies compared with that of LXIV Of Venice A D 1773	266

Account of a dreadful Inundation of the Sea at Ingeram on the Coast of Coromandel in the East IndiesWil liam Parson	273

Of Montpelier in the South of France A D 1775	278

General Reflections upon the Thirteen Swiss Cantons	289

A singular Anecdoteibid	299

Of the Suppers of the Scotch and their Manner	305

Of the publick and private Diversions of the Inhabi	313

Of the Hague and RotterdamLady M	319

Of Leydenibid	325

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Página 221 - Tis impossible for the most jealous husband to know his wife when he meets her; and no man dare either touch or follow a woman in the street. "This perpetual masquerade gives them entire liberty of following their inclinations without danger of discovery.

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Página 262 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke ; But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause : What cause withholds you then to mourn for him? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts^ And men have lost their reason. — Bear with me : My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar ; And I must pause till it come back to me.

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Página 216 - I went to the bagnio about ten o'clock. It was already full of women. It is built of stone, in the shape of a dome, with no windows but in the roof, which gives light enough. There were five of these domes joined together, the outmost being less than the rest, aad serving only as a hall, where the portress stood at the door.

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Página 224 - I prepared myself for an entertainment which was never before given to any Christian. I thought I should very little satisfy her curiosity (which I did not doubt was a considerable motive to the invitation) by going in a dress she was used to see; and therefore dressed myself in the court habit of Vienna, which is much more magnificent than ours. However...

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Página 216 - I stopped here one day, on purpose to see them; and, designing to go incognito, I hired a Turkish coach. These voitures are not at all like ours, but much more convenient for the country, the heat being so great that glasses would be very troublesome. They are made a good deal in the manner of the Dutch...

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Página 223 - ... not without it. I have often seen them and their children sitting on the banks of the river, and playing on a rural instrument, perfectly answering the description uf the ancient fistula, being composed of unequal reeds, with a simple but agreeable softness in the sound.

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Página 217 - Yet there was not one of them that shewed the least surprise or impertinent curiosity, but received me with all the obliging civility possible. I know no European court, where the ladies would have behaved themselves in so polite a manner to such a stranger.

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Página 225 - She entertained me with all kind of civility till dinner came in, 'which was served, one dish at a time, to a vast number, all finely dressed after their manner, which I don't think so bad as you have perhaps heard it represented.

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Título	The Flowers of Modern Travels: Being Elegant, Entertaining and Instructive Extracts, Selected from the Works of the Most Celebrated Travelers, Volumen1 The Flowers of Modern Travels: Being Elegant, Entertaining and Instructive Extracts, Selected from the Works of the Most Celebrated Travelers, John Adams
Autor	John Adams
Editor	Pub. for the subscribers, John H. Belcher, agent, 1816
Procedencia del original	Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York
Digitalizado	1 Mayo 2007

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