Travels Through France And Italy by Tobias Smollett (beautiful books to read .txt) 📖

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But The Name. The Lionnois Is One Of The Most Agreeable And Best-Cultivated

Countries I Ever Beheld, Diversified With Hill, Dale,

Wood, And Water, Laid Out In Extensive Corn-Fields And Rich

Meadows, Well Stocked With Black Cattle, And Adorned With A

Surprising Number Of Towns, Villages, Villas, And Convents,

Generally Situated On The Brows Of Gently Swelling Hills, So That

They Appear To The Greatest Advantage. What Contributes In A

Great Measure To The Beauty Of This, And The Maconnois, Is The

Charming Pastoral Soame, Which From The City Of Chalons Winds Its

Silent Course So Smooth And Gentle, That One Can Scarce Discern

Which Way Its Current Flows. It Is This Placid Appearance That

Tempts So Many People To Bathe In It At Lions, Where A Good

Number Of Individuals Are Drowned Every Summer: Whereas There Is

No Instance Of Any Persons Thus Perishing In The Rhone, The

Rapidity Of It Deterring Every Body From Bathing In Its Stream.

Next Night We Passed At Beaune Where We Found Nothing Good But

The Wine, For Which We Paid Forty Sols The Bottle. At Chalons Our

Axle-Tree Took Fire; An Accident Which Detained Us So Long, That

It Was Ten Before We Arrived At Auxerre, Where We Lay. In All

Probability We Must Have Lodged In The Coach, Had Not We Been

Content To Take Four Horses, And Pay For Six, Two Posts

Successively. The Alternative Was, Either To Proceed With Four On

Those Terms, Or Stay Till The Other Horses Should Come In And Be

Refreshed. In Such An Emergency, I Would Advise The Traveller To

Put Up With The Four, And He Will Find The Postilions So Much

Upon Their Mettle, That Those Stages Will Be Performed Sooner

Than The Others In Which You Have The Full Complement.

 

 

 

There Was An English Gentleman Laid Up At Auxerre With A Broken

Arm, To Whom I Sent My Compliments, With Offers Of Service; But

His Servant Told My Man That He Did Not Choose To See Any 

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Company, And Had No Occasion For My Service. This Sort Of Reserve

Seems Peculiar To The English Disposition. When Two Natives Of

Any Other Country Chance To Meet Abroad, They Run Into Each

Other's Embrace Like Old Friends, Even Though They Have Never

Heard Of One Another Till That Moment; Whereas Two Englishmen In

The Same Situation Maintain A Mutual Reserve And Diffidence, And

Keep Without The Sphere Of Each Other's Attraction, Like Two

Bodies Endowed With A Repulsive Power. We Only Stopped To Change

Horses At Dijon, The Capital Of Burgundy, Which Is A Venerable

Old City; But We Passed Part Of A Day At Sens, And Visited A

Manufacture Of That Stuff We Call Manchester Velvet, Which Is

Here Made And Dyed To Great Perfection, Under The Direction Of

English Workmen, Who Have Been Seduced From Their Own Country. At

Fontainebleau. We Went To See The Palace, Or As It Is Called, The

Castle, Which Though An Irregular Pile Of Building, Affords A

Great Deal Of Lodging, And Contains Some Very Noble Apartments,

Particularly The Hall Of Audience, With The King's And Queen's

Chambers, Upon Which The Ornaments Of Carving And Gilding Are

Lavished With Profusion Rather Than Propriety. Here Are Some Rich

Parterres Of Flower-Garden, And A Noble Orangerie, Which,

However, We Did Not Greatly Admire, After Having Lived Among The

Natural Orange Groves Of Italy. Hitherto We Had Enjoyed Fine

Summer Weather, And I Found Myself So Well, That I Imagined My

Health Was Intirely Restored: But Betwixt Fontainebleau And

Paris, We Were Overtaken By A Black Storm Of Rain, Sleet, And

Hail, Which Seemed To Reinstate Winter In All Its Rigour; For The

Cold Weather Continues To This Day. There Was No Resisting This

Attack. I Caught Cold Immediately; And This Was Reinforced At

Paris, Where I Stayed But Three Days. The Same Man, (Pascal

Sellier, Rue Guenegaud, Fauxbourg St. Germain) Who Owned The

Coach That Brought Us From Lyons, Supplied Me With A Returned

Berline To Boulogne, For Six Loui'dores, And We Came Hither By

Easy Journeys. The First Night We Lodged At Breteuil, Where We

Found An Elegant Inn, And Very Good Accommodation. But The Next

We Were Forced To Take Up Our Quarters, At The House Where We Had

Formerly Passed A Very Disagreeable Night At Abbeville. I Am Now

In Tolerable Lodging, Where I Shall Remain A Few Weeks, Merely

For The Sake Of A Little Repose; Then I Shall Gladly Tempt That

Invidious Straight Which Still Divides You From--Yours, &C.

 

 

 

 

Appendix 1 Pg 314

 

A Short List Of Works, Mainly On Travel In France And Italy

During The Eighteenth Century, Referred To In Connection With The

Introduction.

 

 

 

Addison, Joseph. Remarks On Several Parts Of Italy. London, 1705.

 

 

 

Ancone, Alessandro D'. Saggio Di Una Bibliografia Ragionata Dei

Viaggi In Italia. 1895.

 

 

 

Andrews, Dr. John. Letters To A Young Gentleman In Setting Out

For France. London, 1784.

 

 

 

Archenholtz, J. W. Von. Tableau De L'angleterre Et De L'italie. 3

Vols. Gotha, 1788.

 

 

 

Ardouin-Dumazet Voyage En France. Treizieme Serie. La Provence

Maritime. Paris, 1898.

 

 

 

Astruc, Jean. Memoires Pour Servir A L'histoire De La Faculte De

Medicine De Montpellier, 1767.

 

 

 

Babeau, Antoine. Voyageurs En France. Paris, 1885.

 

 

 

Bally, L. E. Souvenirs De Nice. 1860.

 

 

 

Baretti, G. M. Account Of The Manners And Customs Of Italy. 2

Vols. London, 1770.

 

 

 

Bastide, Charles. John Locke. Ses Theories Politiques En

Angleterre. Paris, 1907.

 

 

 

Beckford, William. Italy, Spain, And Portugal. By The Author Of

"Vathek." London, 1834; New Ed. 1840.

 

 

 

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Berchtold, Leopold. An Essay To Direct The Inquiries Of Patriotic

Travellers. 2 Vols. London, 1789.

 

 

 

Boulogne-Sur-Mer Et La Region Boulonnaise. Ouvrage Offert Par La

Ville Aux Membres De L'association Francaise. 2 Vols.  1899.

 

 

 

Breton De La Martiniere, J. Voyage En Piemont. Paris, 1803.

 

 

 

Brosses, Charles De. Lettres Familieres Ecrites D'italie. 1740.

 

 

 

Burton, John Hill. The Scot Abroad. 2 Vols. Edinburgh. 1864.

 

 

 

Casanova De Seingalt, Jacques. Memoires Ecrits Par Lui-Meme. 6

Vols. Bruxelles, 1879.

 

 

 

Clement, Pierre. L'italie En 1671. Paris, 1867. 12mo.

 

 

 

Coote's New Geographical Dictionary. 2 Vols., Folio, 1739.

 

 

 

Craig, G. Duncan. Mie Jour; Or Provencal Legend, Life, Language,

And Literature. London, 1877.

 

 

 

Davis, Dr. I. B. Ancient And Modern History Of Nice. London,

1807.

 

 

 

Dejob, C. Madame De Stael Et L'italie. Paris, 1890.

 

 

 

Dempster, C. L. H. The Maritime Alps And Their Sea-Board. London,

1885.

 

 

 

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Doran, Dr. John. Mann And Manners At The Court Of Florence.

London, 1876.

 

 

 

Dramard, E. Bibliographie Du Boulonnais, Calaisis, Etc. Paris,

1869.

 

 

 

Dutens, L. Itineraire Des Routes. First Edition, 1775.

 

 

 

Evelyn, John. Diary, Edited By H. B. Wheatley. 4 Vols. London,

1879.

 

 

 

Ferber, G. G. Travels Through Italy, Translated By R. E. Raspe.

London, 1776.

 

 

 

Fodere, Francois Emile. Voyage Aux Alpes Maritimes. 2 Vols.

Paris, 1821.

 

 

 

Forsyth, Joseph. Remarks On Antiquities, Arts, And Letters,

During An Excursion In Italy In The Year 1s02 And 1803. London,

1812; 4th Edition, I835.

 

 

 

Gardner, Edmund G. The Story Of Florence. London, 1900.

 

 

 

Germain, M. A. Histoire De La Commune De Montpellier. 3 Vols.

Montpellier, 1853.

 

 

 

Gioffredo, Pietro. Storia Delle Alpi Marittime . . . Libri Xxvi.

Ed. Gazzera. 1836.

 

 

 

Goethe. Autobiography, Tour In Italy, Miscellaneous Travels, And

Wilhelm Meister's Travels (Bohn).

 

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Grosley, Pierre Jean. Nouveaux Memoires Sur L'italie. London,

1764. New Observations On Italy. Translated By Thomas Nugent.

1769.

 

 

 

Hare, Augustus J. C. The Rivieras. 1897.

 

 

 

Hillard, G. S. Six Months In Italy. Boston, 1853; 7th Edition,

1863.

 

 

 

Jefferys, Thomas. Description Of The Maritime Parts Of France.

With Maps. 1761.

 

 

 

Joanne, Adolphe. Provence, Alpes Maritimes. Paris, 1881

(Bibliog., P. Xxvii).

 

 

 

Jones (Of Nayland), William. Observations In A Journey To Paris.

London, 1777.

 

 

 

Kotzebue, A. F. F. Von. Travels Through Italy In 1804 And 1805. 4

Vols. London, 1807.

 

 

 

Lalande, J. J. De. Voyage En Italie. 6 Vols. 12mo. 1768.

 

 

 

Lee, Edwin. Nice Et Son Climat. Paris, 1863.

 

 

 

Lenotre, G. Paris Revolutionnaire. Paris, 1895.

 

 

 

Lentheric, Charles. La Provence Maritime, Ancienne Et Moderne.

Paris, 1880. Les Voies Antiques De La Region Du Rhone. Avignon,

1882.

 

 

 

Luchaire, A. Hist. Des Instit. Monarchiques De La France. 2 Vols. 

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1891.

 

 

 

Maugham, H. N. The Book Of Italian Travel. London, 1903.

 

 

 

Mercier, M. New Pictures Of Paris. London, I8oo.

 

 

 

Metrivier, H. Monaco Et Ses Princes. 2 Vols. I862.

 

 

 

Millingen, J. G. Sketches Of Ancient And Modern Boulogne. London,

1826.

 

 

 

Montaigne, Michel De. Journal Du Voyage En