Memoirs of
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia Thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &c. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts.
作者：Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von, 1692-1775
体例：段 章数：36
字数：736,798 来源：Project Gutenberg
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共 36 段- The Conclave is ended, and we have at last got a Pope: After
- This new Creature bore greater Sway than ever any Cardinal N
- 'Tis not long ago that the _Campagna di Roma_ was infested b
- Having made my Application to Signior _Acquaviva_, the _Majo
- The Assemblies that are most frequented by Foreigners, are t
- The Dignity of a Cardinal is look'd upon here as the greates
- On _Saturday_ the Cardinals assisted at Divine Service, in t
- The _Italians_ generally make their _Exit_ like good Christi
- The Congregation of the Holy Office was established by Pope
- I say nothing to you of the Tower that leans to one Side, an
- King _Victor Amedeus_, after the Death of the Queen his Wife
- At the Distance of five Leagues from _Chamberry_ I descended
- The next Morning, at Eight o'Clock, the Queen arriv'd at _Fo
- 'Tis certain however, that this Liberty, with which all Sort
- He signaliz'd himself in it very much, but with so little Ca
- I am not here proposing to make a Panegyric on the Cardinal,
- _Lewis_ XIV. a little before he died, was two thousand two h
- When I return'd from _St. Cyr_, I came hither to see M. _Vol
- Ainsi mon Ame est suspendue Thus is my Soul held in
- The Cardinal _Dubois_ obtained in Favour of _Cambray_, that
- The Governor of _Brussels_ is the Marshal _de Wrangel_, a ve
- The Pleasures of _Liege_ consist very much in Drinking, for
- This City was again besieg'd in 1703, by my Lord Duke of _Ma
- From _Bingen_ to MENTZ, the _Rhine_ is very broad. This capi
- UTRECHT, as to its Outside, seems very ancient. I fansy that
- Next to those of the prevailing Religion, the Catholics, amo
- The great Church, dedicated to St. _Peter_, is one of the fi
- The Nobles of the greatest Distinction in the Province, are
- The Statue of _Erasmus_, the Restorer of the _Latin_ Tongue,
- Amongst the Reliques which are still preserved in this Churc
- There are some _English_ People, who upon certain Occasions
- The Swiftness of the _English_ Horses is the Reason that the
- _Epernon_, Duke _de_, 226.
- ---- Princesses and Popes Nieces more humble than formerly,
- [28] _Victor Amedeus_ took it into his Head to reascend the
- [73] Here should have been added, _of the Poet_ Paul Scarron