As They Are In The Modern And English Style, I
Thought I Was Following The Footsteps Of Matilda, Who Wished To
Multiply Around Her The Images Of Her Beloved Country.
I was also
gratified by the sight of a Norwegian landscape in miniature, which
with great propriety makes a part of the Danish King's garden.
The
cottage is well imitated, and the whole has a pleasing effect,
particularly so to me who love Norway - its peaceful farms and
spacious wilds.
The public library consists of a collection much larger than I
expected to see; and it is well arranged. Of the value of the
Icelandic manuscripts I could not form a judgment, though the
alphabet of some of them amused me, by showing what immense labour
men will submit to, in order to transmit their ideas to posterity.
I have sometimes thought it a great misfortune for individuals to
acquire a certain delicacy of sentiment, which often makes them
weary of the common occurrences of life; yet it is this very
delicacy of feeling and thinking which probably has produced most of
the performances that have benefited mankind. It might with
propriety, perhaps, be termed the malady of genius; the cause of
that characteristic melancholy which "grows with its growth, and
strengthens with its strength."
There are some good pictures in the royal museum. Do not start, I
am not going to trouble you with a dull catalogue, or stupid
criticisms on masters to whom time has assigned their just niche in
the temple of fame; had there been any by living artists of this
country, I should have noticed them, as making a part of the
sketches I am drawing of the present state of the place.
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