A Tour Through Parts of the Netherlands, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, And France, in the Year 1821-2. Including a Description of the Rhine Voyage in the Middle of Autumn, And the Stupendous Scenery of the Alps in the Depth of Winter. Also Contain
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The Hollander is certainly more phlegmatic than his neighbours; but this, in some degree, may be the effect of his more industrious habits and persevering appUcation in the pursuit of gain.
His hours of relaxation from the cares of busi- ness are therefore fewer, and the tobacco-pipe, being his greatest solace, is generally resorted to.
This practice is not favourable to conversation, and the frequent use of tobacco probably does not enliven the imagination; add to which a very dense and humid ...atmosphere ; and to these \ K 4 Digitized by Google 186 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
causes may perhaps be attributed much of that insensibility and phlegm of character which has been so often, and, as I think, somewhat harshly charged against this people.
Having ventured to express thus much against the commonly-received opinion, and against that of the before-quoted * observant traveller, our favourite poet, Goldsmith,' who charges the Hollanders with being ** Dull as their lakes that slumber in t^e storm ;" I must go a little further, and say, that I think this is as illiberal as several of the preceding lines are opprobrious and unjust A Dutchman, retired to his country residence, and with his pipe in mouth, seated in his little summer-house, surrounded by a green and stag- nant ditch, if not a romantic object, is at least one of much tranquil enjoyment 5 and so tho- roughly am I impressed with the complacency and happy state of that Dutchman's mind, (par- ticularly if he closed his books for the day with a favourable entry,) that I do verily believe, if I were asked, into which amongst all the civilized nations of the earth I should go to seek out the most placid and contented mind, Holland would be my country, and this my man.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Hollander is certainly more phlegmatic than his neighbours; but this, in some degree, may be the effect of his more industrious habits and persevering appUcation in the pursuit of gain.
His hours of relaxation from the cares of busi- ness are therefore fewer, and the tobacco-pipe, being his greatest solace, is generally resorted to.
This practice is not favourable to conversation, and the frequent use of tobacco probably does not enliven the imagination; add to which a very dense and humid ...atmosphere ; and to these \ K 4 Digitized by Google 186 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
causes may perhaps be attributed much of that insensibility and phlegm of character which has been so often, and, as I think, somewhat harshly charged against this people.
Having ventured to express thus much against the commonly-received opinion, and against that of the before-quoted * observant traveller, our favourite poet, Goldsmith,' who charges the Hollanders with being ** Dull as their lakes that slumber in t^e storm ;" I must go a little further, and say, that I think this is as illiberal as several of the preceding lines are opprobrious and unjust A Dutchman, retired to his country residence, and with his pipe in mouth, seated in his little summer-house, surrounded by a green and stag- nant ditch, if not a romantic object, is at least one of much tranquil enjoyment 5 and so tho- roughly am I impressed with the complacency and happy state of that Dutchman's mind, (par- ticularly if he closed his books for the day with a favourable entry,) that I do verily believe, if I were asked, into which amongst all the civilized nations of the earth I should go to seek out the most placid and contented mind, Holland would be my country, and this my man.
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