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 railway from Cologne to Bonn. --B. J. and R. "Just in time."
First glimpse of Rhine scenery.
[BONN.]
Jones's little all is contained in this small portmanteau.
Robinson, on the contrary, finds it quite impossible to move with less
than this.
This scene represents the Rhine boat about to start from Bonn, and
passengers from the railway embarking. In the foreground an accident has
occurred, a porter having upset the luggage of an English family, the
head of which is saluting him with the national "Damn," while the
courier of the party expresses the same idea in German.
[THE RHINE.]
BROWN'S FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE RHINE.
_From an ORIGINAL SKETCH in the possession of his family._
HEADS OF THE NATIVES.
_A Leaf from Brown's Sketch Book._
COMPANY ON BOARD THE RHINE BOAT.
Amongst them was a travelling tutor, and three young gentlemen, his
pupils. He stood in the midst of them smiling blandly, an open volume in
his hand, (probably a classic author,) between which, and his pupils,
and the scenery, he divided his attention in about equal parts. There
was a specimen of the English grumbler, big, burly, and as if in danger
of choking from the tightness of his cravat. Every one knows him, his
pleasant ways, and his constant flow of good humour and cheerfulness;
that is he, sitting to the right. There were besides, numerous young
gentlemen from the universities, from the army, from the bar, all with
more or less hair on their upper lips; and there was a cavalry officer
of the Russian guard, and a professor, on his way to Heidelberg, and
loose, dishevelled, hairy, smoky young Germans, with long beards, and
longer pipes. And there was a British nobleman, and a British alderman,
and a British alderwoman; and there were British ladies whom I can't
describe, because they wore those "ugly" things which prevent them being
seen; intelligent young Americans on their way all over the world; nuns,
with their quiet, happy faces; Red Republicans from Frankfort, and snobs
from London.
THE GREAT BRITON.
As he stood contemplating the Rhine-land, wondering if it would be
possible to live in that country; and considering (supposing he had one
of those castles, now) how many thousands a-year one could do it with.
The scenery would do; and with English institutions it might be made a
good thing of.
N.B. --He little thinks what Brown is doing.
Even the nun was not safe from Brown. He is here seen taking her off, in
a rapid act of sketching.
B. J. and R. had just begun to enjoy the scenery, when, to their
consternation, who should appear on board but the "Bore," who instantly
was down upon them. For three mortal hours he entertained them with
fashionable intelligence, anecdotes of the aristocracy, the court
circular, births, deaths, marriages, &c.
This was supposed to be an M.P. travelling in search of "facts." He is
giving Brown his views; and also the statistics of everything.
A VIEW ON THE RHINE.
THE LONDON GENT UP THE RHINE.
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