The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV 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.

I had not been long at _Madrid_ before I met with several of my Acquaintance: The very Day after my Arrival I receiv'd Visits from above a Score of Officers, _French_ and _Germa...

By the Sacrifice of the Eucharist, I understand the holy Mass; and as the Sacrament of the Eucharist is an Action meritorious for us, and procures us great Advantages when we re...

The Queen having permitted this Woman to sit in her Presence, it made her so vain, that she forgot her mean Original, and affected the Air of a Princess; but so ill did it becom...

A little Distance from the _Exchange_ is the famous Tower of _London_, which is of the same Use to this City as the _Bastille_ is to _Paris_, with this Difference however, that...

The Duke Regent, for his Part, after having thus pacify'd some Persons to whom his Authority gave Umbrage, had made Provision also for the Establishment of some of his Daughters...

After some Stay here, I set out for _Venice_, in a Boat call'd _The Messenger_, which goes off from _Bologna_ every Morning, or at least several times in a Week: 'Tis the most d...

Tradition, which is rejected by the Protestants in all Points where it makes against them, but espous'd by them when it seems in their Favour, was an Article which I thought req...

There were also several very splendid Feasts on the Days following: On the 10th all these Rejoicings were concluded by a Pastoral, that was play'd in the Garden of the King's Pa...

I went therefore to DESSAU, which is but Six Leagues from _Leipsick_: At that time none were there but the Princesses, for the Prince had been absent several Days, and was not e...

Towards Supper-time the Emperor goes to see the Empress; when the Company gives over Play, and the Empress rises, and admits those Ladies that are not to stay at Supper to kiss...

I went down the Hill _Ratschin_ to go farther into the City: And on the Descent of it I saw at the Right Hand the Palace of _Kinski_, which belongs to the Great Chancellor of _B...

Ever since this Expedition _Wurtzbourg_ has enjoy'd a profound Tranquillity; which has render'd it so rich and powerful as it is at this Day: Its Buildings both sacred and profa...

The next Day, which was Holy _Thursday_, I desir'd Cardinal _Gualtieri_ to get me a Place where I might see the Ceremonies of that Grand Day; and his Eminency was so good as to...

The King's Apartment consists in the first Place of a Guard-Room, which is neither spacious nor lightsome: On the Left Side of this Room is a very long Row of Chambers, very nar...

We lodg'd at the Post-house, where we found much better Accommodation than we had yet met with any where in _Spain_: But when we came to pay, behold another new Scene! for my Pa...

As to the Apartments, they are all of the utmost Magnificence, but the only one that I shall speak of now is the Elector's. The first Room at the Entrance is very fine, consider...

As these Two Princes shew'd me great Marks of their Goodness, the Courtiers too, in Imitation of their Masters, were mighty civil to me: I was invited to the best Houses, and tr...

Some Days after this, the Ambassador of _Poland_ went again in Ceremony, but with his own Coaches, to the Palace _la Favorita_, where, in the Presence of all the Imperial Family...

After one is out of the Square of _Bellecour_, we come to the magnificent Stone-Bridge, which unites the Two Quarters of the City that are separated by the _Saone_. As we go off...

_Augsbourg_ had a very great Share in the Civil Wars between our Ancestors, on account of Religion. During that Period, the Protestants seiz'd the City, and turn'd out the Bisho...

XXIII. I believe, _that Jesus Christ shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead_, because the Holy Scripture assures me, that the Son of God is to come twice upon Earth. The fir...

Next Day after my Arrival, my Curiosity carry'd me to visit _St. Peter_'s Church: The first thing I saw in my Way, going from my Lodgings, was the Bridge of _St. Angelo_ upon th...

I was at _Genoa_ when the Republic sent a Galley to _Antibes_, to meet the famous Cardinal _Alberoni_, who, after having experienc'd the Inconstancy of Fortune in _Spain_, went...

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On one Side of the King's Palace stands, as I had the Honour to tell you, the Palace of _Madame Royale_ the King's Mother. This Building was very inconsiderable heretofore, the...

XXXVII. I firmly believe, that the _Invocation of the Saints_ is very useful to us for our Salvation, and that 'tis not contrary to the Commands of God, as the Heretics affirm....

_Pollnitz_ (_Charles-Lewis_ Baron de) our Author, his precipitate Departure from _Paris_, and Arrest at _Toul_, 8, 9. His Enlargement, 11. His good Reception at the Palatine Cou...