My landlady, who is only a tailor's widow, reads her Milton; and tells me, that her late husband first fell in love with her on this very account: because she read Milton with such proper emphasis. Karl Philipp Moritz accountemphasisfall Change image and share on social
The short English miles are delightful for walking. You are always pleased to find, every now and then, in how short a time you have walked a mile, though, no doubt, a mile is everywhere a mile, I walk but a moderate pace, and can accomplish four English miles in an hour. Karl Philipp Moritz accomplishdelightfuldoubt share on social
A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him. Karl Philipp Moritz considercountryfoot Change image and share on social
It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate they are. Karl Philipp Moritz commondresseffeminate Change image and share on social
These funerals always appear to me the more indecent in a populous city, from the total indifference of the beholders, and the perfect unconcern with which they are beheld. Karl Philipp Moritz beholdbeholdercity Change image and share on social
The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London. Karl Philipp Moritz appearberlinbuild Change image and share on social
I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit this charming walk; for I thought to myself, I have now seen this temple of the modern world imperfectly; I have seen it only by moonlight. Karl Philipp Moritz bedcharmday share on social
The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it. Karl Philipp Moritz affectcongregationexceedingly Change image and share on social
Every view, and every object I studied attentively, by viewing them again and again on every side, for I was anxious to make a lasting impression of it on my imagination. Karl Philipp Moritz anxiousattentivelyimagination Change image and share on social
On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey. Karl Philipp Moritz abbeydaydismal Change image and share on social
