“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
“A pedestrian seems in this country to be a sort of beast of passage - stared at, pitied, suspected and shunned by everyone who meets him ... Every passing coachman called out to me: "Do you want to ride on the outside?" If I met only a farm worker on a horse he would say to me companionably "Warm walking sir," and when I passed through a village the old women in their bewilderment would let out a "God Almighty!” IfsWantCountrySeemsWalkingMetsHorseWorkersWarmPassingPassingsBeastVillageFarmsPassagesAlmightyOld WomanPedestriansBewilderment Author:Karl Philipp Moritz
