An Account Of Denmark As It Was In 1692 The Third Edition Corrected

Author : Robert Molesworth
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ISBN 13 : 9781332985890
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book An Account of Denmark written by Robert Molesworth and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Account of Denmark: As It Was in the Year 1692 The method which has been generally followedby us in fending young gentlemen to travel, can hardly' anfwer any. Of thefe ends; on the contrary, it has hitherto been fo milchievous, that iris well travellinghas been fo little in falhion. We fend them abroad children, and bring them home great boys, and the returns they make for the ex pences laid out by their parents are fuitable to their age. That ofthe languages is the very befi; but the moli common is an affected foppilhnefs, ora filthy difeafe, for which they ametimes exchange their religion: belides, the pageantry, luxury, and licentioufnefs, of the more arbitrary courts have bribed them into an Opinion of that very form of govern ment: like idiots, who part with their bread for a glittering piece of tinfel, they prefer gilded avery to coarfe domeftic liberty, and exclaim againfl their old-fafhioned coun trymen who will. Not reform their conflit'u tion according to the new foreign mode. But the travelling recommended here is that of men, who fet out fo well flocked with the knowlege oftheir own country, as to be able to compare it with Others; wherebytheymay both fupply it where they find it wanting, and fer a! True value: on it where'it With this help fuch travellers could not fail of becoming f'e rviceable to the public, in con tributing daily towards the bettering of our conflitution, though, withom doubt, it be ai . About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."