A Tour Through Germany Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1801 Excerpt: ... have just witnessed one of the "most affecting scenes imaginable. Upw wards of two thousand protestant emi"grants, driven from their homes, and "destitute of the common necessaries of "life, have sought shelter within our hos"pitable walls. As soon as the news of "their approach arrived, at least ten thou"sand of the inhabitants went out to meet "them. The weary pilgrims were of "all ages and descriptions: the healthy "and sick, women labouring with child, u and infants hanging at the breast, "solicited the pity of a weeping crowd, Some. "Some were bent with age, and sup"ported by their children; others had "prattling infants in their arms, who "were strangers to their misery, and "innocently told their little tales, pleased "with every object they had met with. "The money that was given them seemed "but a bauble to play with; while others "were almost dead with hunger and fa"tigue. They were met at the gates by "the clergy, and entered the city in a "regular procession, singing one of "Luther's hymns. They halted in the "market-place, and were quartered by "the magistrates in the different inns, "and other houses of the town, as every "family seemed to vie with each other "in hospitality and benevolence. On "Sunday they assembled in the church, "and a collection was made at the "doors. Many of the rich merchants "subscribed a thousand dollars each. "There was scarcely a servant, or an "apprentice M apprentice boy, who did not contrili bute his mite; and even the women "took their handkerchiefs from their "necks, and their aprons, to give to the "suffering wanderers. Th...