A German Writer Of Some Eminence
At The Time Of The French Revolution, When The Aristocrats And Alarmists Of
All Countries Were Crying Out Against It, And Proposing Harsh Measures To
Arrest Its Progress, Said:
"Sovereigns of Europe, do you wish to set bounds
to the progress of French principles?
Nothing can be more simple; you have
only to govern your people like Maximilian of Bavaria and Frederick of
Saxony, and your subjects will never desire a change."
At the German (national) theatre which is a fair sized one, I saw a tragedy
performed called Der Wald bey Herman-stadt (the Forest near
Hermanstadt),[122] It was an interesting piece taken from a feudal legend.
The part of Elisene was performed by Mlle Vohs, a very good actress. I
missed very much one thing in Munich, and that is the want of cafes like
those in France and Italy, which have so brilliant an appearance. They make
coffee here at the inns; and there are two or three dull places up one pair
of stairs, where they play at billiards, and make as indifferent coffee as
is made in England. The hour of dining at Munich is in general one o'clock.
A slice of ham or sausage with beer form the gouter, usually taken at
five or six o'clock; and at nine follows a supper as solid as the dinner.
The Germans are not loungers as the French and Italians, who, for the most
part, spend all their spare time in coffee-houses.
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