Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e eBook

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Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 284 pages of information about Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e.

LET.  XII. Vienna.—­Dress and assemblies of the Austrian
              ladies—­gala days—­convent of St Lawrence—­wooden head
              of our Saviour—­dress of the Nuns—­their amusements—­
              particulars concerning a beautiful Nun—­reflections on
              the monastic state, &c.

LET.  XIII. Vienna.—­Description of the emperor’s repository.

LET.  XIV. From Prague.—­General state of Bohemia—­Prague
              described with reference to Vienna.

LET.  XV. From Leipzig.—­Dangerous journey from Prague to
              Leipzig—­character of Dresden—­the Saxon and Austrian
              ladies compared—­anecdotes of the countess of Cozelle—­
              Leipzig and its fair described.

LET.  XVI. From Brunswick.—­Brunswick, for what considerable.

LET.  XVII. From Hanover.—­Bad regululations of the post in
              Germany—­character of the young prince (afterwards king
              George II.)—­short account of Hanover—­view of the
              country in travelling through Germany, compared with
              England.

LET.  XVIII. Hanover.—­Description of the women at Hanover—­the
              traineaus or snow-sledges described—­particulars of the
              empress of Germany.

LET.  XIX. Blankenburg.—­Motive of Lady M’s journey to
              Blankenburg—­her reception by the duchess of
              Blankenburg—­the description of Hanover continued—­
              perfection to which fruit is brought by means of stoves
              at Herenhausen—­recommendation of chamber-stoves.

LET.  XX. From Vienna.—­Diversions of the carnival—­remarks on
              the music and balls—­the Italian comedy—­the air and
              weather at Vienna—­the markets and provisions.

LET.  XXI. Vienna.—­Lady M’s audience of leave—­absurd taste for
              dwarfs at the German courts—­reflections on this taste
              —­remarks on the inhabitants of Vienna—­a word or two
              concerning prince Eugene, and the young prince of
              Portugal.

LET.  XXII. Vienna.—­Reflections on her intended journey to
              Constantinople.

LET.  XXIII. From Peterwaradin.—­Journey from Vienna hither—­
              reception at Raab—­visit from the bishop of Temeswar,
              with his character—­description of Raab—­its
              revolutions—­remarks on the state of Hungary, with the
              Emperor Leopold’s persecution of his protestant
              Hungarian subjects—­description of Buda—­its
              revolutions—­the inhabitants of Hungary—­Essec
              described—­the Hungarian ladies and their dress.

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