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A tour through Holland : $b along the right and left banks of the Rhine, to the south of Germany, in the summer and autumn of 1806Carr, John, Sir

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A tour through Holland : $b along the right and left banks of the Rhine, to the south of Germany, in the summer and autumn of 1806

Name: A tour through Holland : $b along the right and left banks of the Rhine, to the south of Germany, in the summer and autumn of 1806
Author: Carr, John, Sir

Carr, John, Sir

Netherlands -- Description and travel; Rhine River Valley -- Description and travel

Before we ascended to the dome, we were introduced into the great
magazine of arms, which extends the whole length of the front and part
of the sides of this vast pile: it contains a curious and valuable
collection of ancient and modern Dutch arms. Some colours which the
French took from the Spaniards have been lately added, as a present from
the king to this city, a donation which could not fail affording great
gratification to a people, who to this hour hold the Spanish nation in
abhorrence. The prospect from the tower, or dome, is very fine and
extensive, commanding the whole of the city and its environs, crowded
with windmills, the river Y filled with ships, the Zuyder Zee, the
Amstel, the Haarlem lake, and the quarter containing the gardens, the
admiralty, and ships of war on the stocks. From this elevated spot we
were nearer the bronze figures which adorn the front, representing
Justice, Wealth, and Strength, and which are of an enormous size: on the
other side is a colossal bronze statue of Atlas supporting the world,
executed in a masterly manner. The tower contains a vast number of
bells, the largest of which weighs between six and seven thousand
pounds; the carillons in this dome are remarkably sweet, they play every
quarter of an hour an agreeable air, which is executed to admiration. An
excellent carilloneur is engaged to entertain the citizens of Amsterdam
three times a week; the perfection to which he has brought his
performance can only be appreciated by those who have heard it. The
brass barrel by which he plays is seven feet and a half in diameter, and
weighs four thousand four hundred and seventy-four pounds. The clocks
strike the full hour, at the half hour, and upon the expiration of the
full hour, repeat it upon a bell of a deeper tone.




                              CHAPTER XV.
 DUNGEONS IN THE STADT-HOUSE ... TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS ... HALL OF
 JUSTICE ... THE TORTURE ... CRIMINAL TRIALS ... CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ...
    ANECDOTE OF A MALEFACTOR ... THE BANK ... ITS FORMER AND PRESENT
 STATE ... POPULAR TUMULT ... EFFECTS OF DIFFUSIVE EDUCATION ... PUBLIC
 FETE AT AMSTERDAM ... DANCING DUTCHMEN ... THE BEGUINES ... LADIES OF
           HOLLAND ... HOUSE RENT ... THE WATER OF AMSTERDAM.

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Opening the text

A tour through Holland : $b along the right and left banks of the Rhine, to the south of Germany, in the summer and autumn of 1806Carr, John, Sir

History

A tour through Holland : $b along the right and left banks of the Rhine, to the south of Germany, in the summer and autumn of 1806

Carr, John, Sir

Netherlands -- Description and travel; Rhine River Valley -- Description and travel

Before we ascended to the dome, we were introduced into the great
magazine of arms, which extends the whole length of the front and part
of the sides of this vast pile: it contains a curious and valuable
collection of ancient and modern Dutch arms. Some colours which the
French took from the Spaniards have been lately added, as a present from
the king to this city, a donation which could not fail affording great
gratification to a people, who to this hour hold the Spanish nation in
abhorrence. The prospect from the tower, or dome, is very fine and
extensive, commanding the whole of the city and its environs, crowded
with windmills, the river Y filled with ships, the Zuyder Zee, the
Amstel, the Haarlem lake, and the quarter containing the gardens, the
admiralty, and ships of war on the stocks. From this elevated spot we
were nearer the bronze figures which adorn the front, representing
Justice, Wealth, and Strength, and which are of an enormous size: on the
other side is a colossal bronze statue of Atlas supporting the world,
executed in a masterly manner. The tower contains a vast number of
bells, the largest of which weighs between six and seven thousand
pounds; the carillons in this dome are remarkably sweet, they play every
quarter of an hour an agreeable air, which is executed to admiration. An
excellent carilloneur is engaged to entertain the citizens of Amsterdam
three times a week; the perfection to which he has brought his
performance can only be appreciated by those who have heard it. The
brass barrel by which he plays is seven feet and a half in diameter, and
weighs four thousand four hundred and seventy-four pounds. The clocks
strike the full hour, at the half hour, and upon the expiration of the
full hour, repeat it upon a bell of a deeper tone.




                              CHAPTER XV.
 DUNGEONS IN THE STADT-HOUSE ... TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS ... HALL OF
 JUSTICE ... THE TORTURE ... CRIMINAL TRIALS ... CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ...
    ANECDOTE OF A MALEFACTOR ... THE BANK ... ITS FORMER AND PRESENT
 STATE ... POPULAR TUMULT ... EFFECTS OF DIFFUSIVE EDUCATION ... PUBLIC
 FETE AT AMSTERDAM ... DANCING DUTCHMEN ... THE BEGUINES ... LADIES OF
           HOLLAND ... HOUSE RENT ... THE WATER OF AMSTERDAM.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

A tour through Holland : $b along the right and left banks of the Rhine, to the south of Germany, in the summer and autumn of 1806

A tour through Holland : $b along the right and left banks of the Rhine, to the south of Germany, in the summer and autumn of 1806

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