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A STROLL THROUGH BERLIN. 125
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modern © f tlie Linden quarters Promenade of tlie cit lies denoting the _ITriedrich 1 itself - as stadt the , one special of the creation more _, -
of Frederick the Great , _Tb y y , the rows of houses drawn up with soldier-like precision in stiff rank and fileforming" the straightest
of streets , all at exact right angles with each , other . The _Friedrichstrasseof which MrCarlyle remarks that it was built " not
in always this , in the soft -cut and district , spontaneous and " drags . manner its , " slow is the length princi along pal street - " in square
one undeviating right line , , drawn directly through the city front its one comes way extremit to throug an y end to h the the at the less other Oranienburg aristocr , crossing atic TJnter southern Gate . den Outside subur Linden b , the till and latter at ' making last lies it
a cluster of cemeteries , rich in handsome monuments commemorating some of Prussia other ' s most artists celebrate hilo d h men ; statesmen Mehte , Hegel ,
J _& auchand a host of , psopers , , poets , at and once warriors , from , the for cit thoug y of h the several living of to the the other cities Gates of the of dead Berli , n extra lead - to bf
many mural graves interment marked being the with almost most immortal universal icuous names , in monuments no as ne are are here is one clustered ound dedi - togetherAmong consp
B cated orsi _* to whose . the works memory situate of the in latel the y immediate deceased nei grea ghbourhood t ironmas , ter in , great rapid g manufacturing development , and , cities present for thoug extent h may only rival founded any in in 183 even 7 and our
, , in giving conjunction employment with a then branch to but one fift since y men founded , the establishment in another suburb now ,
{ _duced at Moabite above ) , a thousan numbers d locomotive about 3 , 500 eng workmen ines—a result , and which has onl pro y - of in
two other factories in the world , both of which are course England celebrated , could in outnumber August . 1858 The by comp a grand letion festival of the attended thousandth by
Ministers was of State ; the eng , ine , after , an eloquent farewell , addressed to it as " the child of Berlin industry" by the master , being drawn
a in host triump of h honourable , crowned with guests flowers , and , throug by , the h whole the streets number , followe of work d by - liberallenter
menthe latterwith their families , being most y - they tained , on throug their hout , art the had day rendered by their munificent well-deserved emp honour loyer , to on whom the
, p , nade evening and before the presentation by a Fackel-zug of a ( a handsome torch-light testimonial procession , ) affording , a
sere-• gratif To , y return ing proof , however of the , mutual from this good g will limpse subsisting of the between suburbs them to the . market
. 2 _? riedrich-stadt , we Rnd on its confines the most extensive - p their offering lace commodities in no Berlin special ; a on accommodation large stalls open or on pave for the the d ground squ market are , peop or but rather le adorned who oblong spread with * ,
. three massive buildings , presenting , the singular , spectacle of a
A Stroll Through Berlin. 125
A _STROLL THROUGH BERLIN . 125
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 125, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/53/
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