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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

CHAPTER X.
 Historical anecdote of Scheveling: anecdote of Lord Nelson: a
   marine scene. Passion of Dutch for flowers not subsided.
   Veneration of Dutch for storks: causes of it: quails and swans:
   humorous blunder of a Dutch waiter: universal industry: dogs and
   goats: the theatre: theatrical economy: prodigal procreation.
   Present state of the Hague; state of literature there: brief
   anecdote of Daniel Mytens: of John Hanneman: of John le Duc, or
   the Brave                                                         106

                               CHAPTER XI.
 Vegetable problems. Approach to Leyden: general description of that
   town: the town-hall: celebrated picture of Lucas Van Leyden;
   anecdote of that painter: also of Karel de Moor: picture of the
   siege of Leyden: description of that horrible siege: generous and
   heroic conduct of the Dutch women: also of Peter Adrian: the
   mount: university of Leyden: the students: anecdotes of
   Boerhaave: Peter the Great: genius and diffidence: confidence in
   Providence: monument of Boerhaave                                 116

                              CHAPTER XII.
 The botanic garden: the celebrated ancient palm: busts and statues:
   theatre of anatomy: library and portraits of distinguished
   persons: museum of natural history: attractions of the
   university; its present condition; severity of its examinations:
   anecdotes of Rembrandt; his genius and rapaciousness: a
   stratagem: criticisms on his works: Mr. Desenfan’s splendid
   gallery of paintings: John of Leyden: his ambition, cruelty, and
   fate: Dutch bowing: Saint Peter’s church: anecdote of Russian
   prisoners                                                         128

                              CHAPTER XIII.
 The press of Leyden; its staple trade: anecdotes of Gerard Douw: of
   Jean Steen; his singular painting of the Deluge: anecdotes of
   Francis Mieres: the pictorial contest: anecdote of Vanderwelde:
   the village of Rhynsburg: singular religious association: a
   curious custom: explosion at Leyden: conduct of the King.
   Haarlem; its celebrated organ described: anecdote of Handel: Mr.
   Henry Hope’s House                                                137

                              CHAPTER XIV.
 Anecdotes of Lawrence Coster: art of printing how discovered; its
   originality disputed: female fortitude and presence of mind:
   siege of Haarlem: heroic conduct of the women: brief anecdote of
   Wouvermans: of Bamboccio: fatal effects of severe criticism:
   anecdotes of Nicholas Berghem and his termagant wife: of
   Ruysdaal: enormous sluices; approach to Amsterdam; its general
   appearance: a sley: Erasmus’s whimsical description of that city:
   the stadt-house: silence represented as a female: the tower:
   clocks, singular mode of striking the hour                        148

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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

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