The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia Thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &c. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts.

The last brought us to the Royal Family, and what relates to the Court. The latter is more numerous than brilliant, if it be certain that Pleasures form the Splendor of a Court....

Being detained in this Port by Winds that have for these six Days obstinately opposed my Passage to _England_, without any Prospect of their changing, I am at full Leisure to in...

In my last Letter I mention'd the Princes and Princesses of the Blood Royal to you; in this I am to give you an Account of those Persons at this Court, who are in the most exalt...

In this Letter I shall run through the Palaces of ROME, as briefly as I traversed the Churches in my former. I shall take Care to mention no Houses to you, but such as deserve t...

I was some Days ago at an Audience of the Holy Father. I might have had it sooner, but I thought fit to give Way to those that were more importunate for it; for _Clement_ XII. h...

Thus am I at length arrived at the famous City of ROME, that City which has been so long the Mistress of the World, and is still the Metropolis of _Europe_: But don't expect I s...

I have been now just ten Days at _Versailles_, where I have had the Honour of greeting the King and Queen, and all the Royal Family. I perceiv'd the King since his Marriage is g...

The Road from _Rome_ to LORETTO has been so fully describ'd, that I think I should pass it over in Silence; nor shall I say any thing more to you of the _Santa Casa_, which you...

When I left _Paris_, I kept on the Pavement all the Way to Chantilly, which may pass for the finest Seat in the Kingdom, since the great Additions made to it by the Duke of _Bou...

Instead of excusing myself for my late Silence, I confess to you, that had it not been for the obliging Reproaches you make me upon that Account, I should not have entertained y...

'Tis not possible for me to be insensible how greatly I am obliged to you for that Uneasiness which you seem to be under, till you can hear of my Arrival in some safe Harbour of...

Give me Leave to tell you, that I think the Approbation with which you honour my Narratives, favours more of Compliment than Sincerity; for all the Merit they can challenge, is,...

Tho' the first Promotion of Cardinals by _Clement_ XII. was made the Close of the last Year, yet I had so many other Matters to entertain you with, that I deferr'd giving you an...

The Road hither from GENOA is very bad at this time of the Year. During the first two Post-Stages I cross'd one River no less than thirty-two times, and saw a great many fine Ho...

This being in all Appearance the last Letter I shall write to you from ROME, I shall now give you the best Answer I can to the Questions you put to me in your last.

Yesterday I loiter'd away a good deal of Time with a Couple of _Englishmen_, to whom, as they call it in _Italy_, I was a _Cicero_[72]. Nevertheless, you must not expect me to g...

From _Brussels_ I went to GHENT, the Capital City of the County of _Flanders_, and a Bishoprick, suffragan to the Archbishop of _Mechlin_. The _Scheld_ passes thro' the City, wh...

I was puzzled some time ago, to think what could make the _French_ forget Father _Girard_ and _la Cadiere_, and the pretended St. _Paris_; for I apprehended, those two Articles...

Don't imagine, that I am going to give you an exact Description of the City of PARIS; for that would be an Undertaking to as little Purpose, as it is beyond my Ability. PARIS ha...

The Road from _Liege_ to Spa is very disagreeable, and, really, the Place itself is not worth the Trouble of going to it; I mean, for such as are not under a Necessity of using...

Since the Weather is set in for Frost, I keep my Station upon the Ice, to see the People slide upon Skates; a favourite Exercise of the _Dutch_, in which they acquit themselves...

Tho' I had pass'd Mount _Cenis_ twice before, and travers'd _Savoy_, yet I thought the Passage of the _Alps_ as disagreeable as ever; and am heartily glad to find myself in this...

As I came to BONN, two Days before the Return of the Court, I had all that time to walk about. This City stands upon the _Rhine_, five Leagues from _Cologne_; from whence one tr...

For the sake of good Wine I preferr'd the _Djon_ Road to _Paris_, before the great Road from _Lyons_ thro' _Tarare_; but I have been rightly serv'd for being so over-nice in my...

I have been up the _Rhine_ from _Bonn_ to _Mentz_, to avoid the disagreeable Passage over the Mountains of _Wetteravia_. I was not fatigu'd, but then I was pretty much chagrin'd...

Tho' I am heartily weary of entertaining you with Palaces, yet I can't forbear giving you some Account of the Palace of the Prince _Borghese_. There's an admirable Court-yard, a...

At my Return to _Cologne_, I went to see the Castle or Palace of BENSBERG, belonging to the Elector _Palatine_, in the Country of _Berg_, three Leagues from the _Rhine_, which R...