Travels In England In 1782 By Charles P. Moritz





























































































 -   It was very fortunate, on other accounts, that
they went with me, for equipped as I was, having neither brought - Page 13
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It Was Very Fortunate, On Other Accounts, That They Went With Me, For Equipped As I Was, Having Neither Brought Clean Linen Nor Change Of Clothes From My Trunk, I Might Perhaps Have Found It Difficult To Obtain Good Lodgings.

It was a very uncommon but pleasing sensation I experienced on being now, for the first time in my

Life, entirely among Englishmen: among people whose language was foreign, their manners foreign, and in a foreign climate, with whom, notwithstanding, I could converse as familiarly as though we had been educated together from our infancy. It is certainly an inestimable advantage to understand the language of the country through which you travel. I did not at first give the people I was with any reason to suspect I could speak English, but I soon found that the more I spoke, the more attention and regard I met with. I now occupy a large room in front on the ground floor, which has a carpet and mats, and is very neatly furnished; the chairs are covered with leather, and the tables are of mahogany. Adjoining to this I have another large room. I may do just as I please, and keep my own tea, coffee, bread and butter, for which purpose my landlady has given me a cupboard in my room, which locks up.

The family consists of the mistress of the house, her maid, and her two sons, Jacky and Jerry; singular abbreviations for John and Jeremiah. The eldest, Jacky, about twelve years old, is a very lively boy, and often entertains me in the most pleasing manner by relating to me his different employments at school, and afterwards desiring me in my turn to relate to him all manner of things about Germany.

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