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Karl Philipp Moritz was a German author known for his profound philosophical thoughts and literary works. His writings covered various fields such as ethics, psychology, and moral philosophy, and had a significant impact on later generations.

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“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.”

Ifs Literature House Dark Streets Gloomy Majestic

Book:Travels in England in 1782

Source: Travels in England in 1782

“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.”

Firsts Literature Husband Late Accounts Emphasis Widows Tailors Milton Parallelogram

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.”

Form Literature House Church Views Numbers Rounds Towers Chimneys Abbey Westminster Spires Steeples Westminster Abbey

Book:Travels in England in 1782

Source: Travels in England in 1782

“As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were all too much loaded with finery and ornaments, to make on me at least, the intended impression.”

Literature Sides Saws Too Much Wall Impression Monument Marble Loaded Ornaments Abbey Admiral Westminster Westminster Abbey

Book:Travels in England in 1782

Source: Travels in England in 1782

“My host at Richmond, yesterday morning, could not sufficiently express his surprise that I intended to venture to walk as far as Oxford, and still farther. He however was so kind as to send his son, a clever little boy, to show me the road leading to Windsor.”

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Book:Travels in England in 1782

Source: Travels in England in 1782

“In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings.”

Two Whole Literature Stage Cost Paid London Passages Richmond

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.”

Should Literature House Journey Should Have Importance England Forgotten Parliament My Journey

Book:Travels in England in 1782

Source: Travels in England in 1782

“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.”

Literature Sides Imagination Views Objects Impression Lasting Anxious Again And Again My Imagination Lasting Love Lasting Impressions

Book:Travels in England in 1782

Source: Travels in England in 1782

“St. Paul's arose like some huge mountain above the enormous mass of smaller buildings.”

Literature Building Huge Mountain Mass Enormous

Book:Travels in England in 1782

Source: Travels in England in 1782

“Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man who does not feel, and describe with rapture, how much he loves his country.”

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Book:Travels in England in 1782

Source: Travels in England in 1782

“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.”

Literature Differences Church Style Building London Peter Berlin Resemblance St Peter

Book:Travels in England in 1782

Source: Travels in England in 1782

About the Author

Born: September 15, 1756
Died: June 26, 1793
Known for: Author
Quotes: 22

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