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The narrative of a journey undertaken in the years 1819, 1820 and 1821 through France, Italy, Savoy, Switzerland, parts of Germany bordering on the Rhine, Holland and the Netherlands : $b comprising incidents that occurred to the author, who has long suffered under a total deprivation of sight; with various points of information collected on his tourHolman, James

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The narrative of a journey undertaken in the years 1819, 1820 and 1821 through France, Italy, Savoy, Switzerland, parts of Germany bordering on the Rhine, Holland and the Netherlands : $b comprising incidents that occurred to the author, who has long suffered under a total deprivation of sight; with various points of information collected on his tour

Name: The narrative of a journey undertaken in the years 1819, 1820 and 1821 through France, Italy, Savoy, Switzerland, parts of Germany bordering on the Rhine, Holland and the Netherlands : $b comprising incidents that occurred to the author, who has long suffered under a total deprivation of sight; with various points of information collected on his tour
Author: Holman, James

Holman, James

Europe -- Description and travel

[Illustration:

     Wageman del.          E. Finden sc.

          JAMES HOLMAN, R.N.-F.R.S.

    “_Total eclipse! nor Sun, nor Moon;_
    _All dark amidst the blaze of noon._”]




                                   THE
                                Narrative
                                    OF
                                A JOURNEY,
                                UNDERTAKEN
                     IN THE YEARS 1819, 1820, & 1821,
                                 THROUGH
                    FRANCE, ITALY, SAVOY, SWITZERLAND,
                 PARTS OF GERMANY BORDERING ON THE RHINE,
                      HOLLAND, AND THE NETHERLANDS;
                                COMPRISING
                                INCIDENTS
        THAT OCCURRED TO THE AUTHOR, WHO HAS LONG SUFFERED UNDER A
                       TOTAL DEPRIVATION OF SIGHT;
       _With various points of Information collected on his Tour_.

                      BY JAMES HOLMAN, R. N. & K. W.

            “Cæcus iter monstrare velit: tamen aspice si quid
            Et nos, quod cures proprium fecisse, loquamur.” HOR.

                            _FOURTH EDITION._

                                 LONDON:
              PUBLISHED BY G. B. WHITTAKER, AVE MARIA LANE.
                                  1825.




THE

Dedication.

TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA.


MADAM,

_If there be any one circumstance peculiarly gratifying to myself, as the
Author of the present Narrative, it is the permission I have received to
dedicate it to your Royal Highness._

_The kind manner in which this honour has been conferred, cannot fail to
increase the value of the boon, and strengthen the ties of gratitude by
which I felt bound to your Royal Highness, for the flattering notice, and
important favours, you had previously been pleased to bestow upon me._

_I beg to assure your Royal Highness, that it will ever be the proudest
feeling of my heart, that my very humble production should have been
ushered into public notice, under the auspices of a Patroness, whose
exalted virtues have secured her universal esteem and respect, and made
her the admiration of that sex, of which she is the distinguished and
presiding ornament._

_With every sentiment of devotion, I am_,

                                  MADAM,

                         _Your Royal Highness’s_

                _Much obliged and very obedient Servant_,

                                                             JAMES HOLMAN.




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