The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson: Being the History of What They Saw, and Did, in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland & Italy.Doyle, Richard
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The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson: Being the History of What They Saw, and Did, in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland & Italy.
Doyle, Richard
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain; English wit and humor, Pictorial; Europe -- Description and travel
"The head, neck, legs, and part of the body have been repaired--all the
rest is the real horse." --_From speech of the young woman who showed
the animal._
A "KNEIPE" AT PRAGUE.
Robinson is so confused with rapid travelling, that he addresses a
waiter in three languages at once. "Kellner!-- Mittags-essen pour
trois-- Presto presto-- and-- waiter!-- Soda water-- col cognac--
geschwind!"
TABLE D'HOTE, PRAGUE.
[PRAGUE TO COLOGNE.]
"Passports!" --"That's the sixth time we have been woke up," groaned
Robinson.
[RHINELAND AGAIN.]
DUSSELDORF.
Brown _loq._ --I have left my bag behind!
MINDEN.
Here is the bag.
How Brown was seated between two soldiers, and how they would examine
each other's swords, and how those fearful weapons were flashing about,
often within an inch of B.'S nose: and how (being of a mild and peaceful
disposition), B. was kept thereby in a constant state of uneasiness.
[BELGIUM.]
Eye of the government; as kept upon the travellers, during their stay in
the Austrian dominions. --_Drawn from the haunted imagination of Brown._
THEIR LAST REPAST IN FOREIGN PARTS.
Time and train wait for no man.
ARTICLES PURCHASED BY ROBINSON.
1. Eau de Cologne. 2. Pipe; (never smoked.) 3. Hat; (never worn, and
found decidedly in the way.) 4. Cigars; (stopped at Custom House.)
5. Tauchnitz editions; (also seized.) 6. Cornet a pistons; (bought in
Germany with the intention of learning to play upon it some day.)
7. Gloves; (purchased at Venice, a great bargain, and found utterly
worthless.)
[OLD ENGLAND.]
+Sic(k) Transit+
+Gloria Mundi!+
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BRADBURY AND EVANS,
Printers extraordinary to the queen,
Whitefriars.
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Errors and Iconsistencies (noted by transcriber):
They both wore a perpetual grin and stare of surprise,
[comma in original: error for period (full stop)?]
3. "Conclude you go toe Frankfort?" [text unchanged]
An evening scene before the Cafe Florain [error for Florian]
If the Musquitos appear rather large [variant spelling unchanged]
+Of the Adventure that befel Jones.+
The accident that befell Robinson.
[inconsistent spelling unchanged]
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