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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

An excursion to the beautiful and elegant little sovereign town of
Offenbach, about five English miles from Francfort, enabled me to admire
the great progress which the Germans have made in the tasteful art of
carriage-building. In a very large depot of carriages there, I saw
several which would have been distinguished for their lightness and
beauty in London. There are several other fabrics, viz. of jewellery,
pocket-books, tobacco, toys, &c. The society of this place, where the
prince who bears its name has a little court, is very refined and
accomplished. The suburbs of Francfort are formed of beautiful and
romantic walks and vineyards, enlivened by handsome country-houses. On
the road near the entrance to the west, adjoining the splendid chateau
of Mr. Beatham, the celebrated banker, at whose town house the present
King of Prussia became enamoured with his Queen, is a monument, composed
of a helmet, a lion’s skin, and emblems of war, in bronze, made out of
the cannon taken by the King of Prussia from the French at Mayence,
mounted upon a stone pedestal, rising from an artificial rock, upon
which are inscriptions commemorative of its having been raised by Prince
Williamstadt to the memory of the gallant Prince of Hesse-Phillipsthal
and three hundred brave Hessians, who perished on this spot, when the
French were obliged to evacuate the town in the year 1792. The French
had taken quiet possession of it a few months before, under the command
of General Neuwinger and Colonel Houchard, when they levied two millions
of florins upon pain of military execution on the opulent classes of the
inhabitants. The most distinguished personage in Francfort was Mareschal
Augerau, whom I frequently met. The heroic valour and skill which he
displayed in the campaigns of Italy, particularly at the battle of
Arcole and before Mantua, and afterwards in Germany, will render his
name illustrious in the military annals of France: he is a highly
polished and accomplished gentleman, and was equally admired and
esteemed by the inhabitants of Francfort; he lived in a style becoming
his dignity, without ostentation, and was upon all occasions very
accessible.

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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

Carr, John, Sir

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

An excursion to the beautiful and elegant little sovereign town of
Offenbach, about five English miles from Francfort, enabled me to admire
the great progress which the Germans have made in the tasteful art of
carriage-building. In a very large depot of carriages there, I saw
several which would have been distinguished for their lightness and
beauty in London. There are several other fabrics, viz. of jewellery,
pocket-books, tobacco, toys, &c. The society of this place, where the
prince who bears its name has a little court, is very refined and
accomplished. The suburbs of Francfort are formed of beautiful and
romantic walks and vineyards, enlivened by handsome country-houses. On
the road near the entrance to the west, adjoining the splendid chateau
of Mr. Beatham, the celebrated banker, at whose town house the present
King of Prussia became enamoured with his Queen, is a monument, composed
of a helmet, a lion’s skin, and emblems of war, in bronze, made out of
the cannon taken by the King of Prussia from the French at Mayence,
mounted upon a stone pedestal, rising from an artificial rock, upon
which are inscriptions commemorative of its having been raised by Prince
Williamstadt to the memory of the gallant Prince of Hesse-Phillipsthal
and three hundred brave Hessians, who perished on this spot, when the
French were obliged to evacuate the town in the year 1792. The French
had taken quiet possession of it a few months before, under the command
of General Neuwinger and Colonel Houchard, when they levied two millions
of florins upon pain of military execution on the opulent classes of the
inhabitants. The most distinguished personage in Francfort was Mareschal
Augerau, whom I frequently met. The heroic valour and skill which he
displayed in the campaigns of Italy, particularly at the battle of
Arcole and before Mantua, and afterwards in Germany, will render his
name illustrious in the military annals of France: he is a highly
polished and accomplished gentleman, and was equally admired and
esteemed by the inhabitants of Francfort; he lived in a style becoming
his dignity, without ostentation, and was upon all occasions very
accessible.

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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