“In the streets through which we passed, I must own the houses in general struck me as if they were dark and gloomy, and yet at the same time they also struck me as prodigiously great and majestic.” IfsLiteratureHouseDarkStreetsGloomyMajestic Book:Travels in England in 1782 Source: Travels in England in 1782
“Westminster Abbey, the Tower, a steeple, one church, and then another, presented themselves to our view; and we could now plainly distinguish the high round chimneys on the tops of the houses, which yet seemed to us to form an innumerable number of smaller spires, or steeples.” FormLiteratureHouseChurchViewsNumbersRoundsTowersChimneysAbbeyWestminsterSpiresSteeplesWestminster Abbey Book:Travels in England in 1782 Source: Travels in England in 1782
“I had almost forgotten to tell you that I have already been to the Parliament House; and yet this is of most importance. For, had I seen nothing else in England but this, I should have thought my journey thither amply rewarded.” ShouldLiteratureHouseJourneyShould HaveImportanceEnglandForgottenParliamentMy Journey Book:Travels in England in 1782 Source: Travels in England in 1782
