Travels In England In 1782 By Charles P. Moritz





























































































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Though this was only an ordinary village, and they certainly did not
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Though This Was Only An Ordinary Village, And They Certainly Did Not Take Me For A Person Of Consequence, They Yet Gave Me A Carpeted Bedroom, And A Very Good Bed.

The next morning I put on clean linen, which I had along with me, and dressed myself as well as I could.

And now, when I thus made my appearance, they did not, as they had the evening before, show me into the kitchen, but into the parlour, a room that seemed to be allotted for strangers, on the ground-floor. I was also now addressed by the most respectful term, "sir;" whereas the evening before I had been called only "master": by this latter appellation, I believe, it is usual to address only farmers and quite common people.

This was Sunday, and all the family were in their Sunday-clothes. I now began to be much pleased with this village, and so I resolved to stop at it for the day, and attend divine service. For this purpose I borrowed a prayer-book of my host. Mr. Illing was his name, which struck me the more, perhaps, because it is a very common name in Germany. During my breakfast I read over several parts of the English liturgy, and could not help being struck at the circumstance that every word in the whole service seems to be prescribed and dictated to the clergyman. They do not visit the sick but by a prescribed form; as, for instance, they must begin by saying, "Peace be to this house," &c.

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