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896 A STROLL THROUGH HAMBURGH.
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As I Stand On The Deck Ofthe Hamburgh St...
of another beans grave or potatoes could be . dug Thoug " without h in one disp part lacing the ' so headstones many more ( of _rows
thepoorer graves perhaps ) stood closely side by side , by far the larger p 10 ortion or 12 of the feet cemetery square , forming was divided each into a little section garden s of and , not with less an than
inscribed stone in the centre , recording the ownership tenancy ; inclosed except where with still a railing larger and division entrance s of -gate some whereon 20 or 80 was feet written were *
, or that institution this was in the the proper city bury the ing individual place of graves such or within such being a company each
, marked Satisfied by its with special the survey headstone , I return or cross , following . along the patch-work
road a vehicle in the ordinary form of the German cart , being" like a rather large horse-trough set on four low wheels , to which
aredonkey apparentl attached would , y by with a scarc no rope el good -harness find will too , , a much a load pair and which of gaunt now a repassing respectable horses , dragg the British gate ing , ,
beg beautiful in a p suburbs leasant . ramble Hamburg y in the h has plantation always , seemed outskirts , to me of this like a city town of
enwreathed by a garland , or a mass of houses dropped down in the midst of a garden ; at the end of each street tending from the centre
curious inland , walls one emerges or separated at once by so upon much trees as a palisade and flowers or the invisible , road not directl hid fence by , but everywherewhere the houses endone crosses y
to verdant lawn , and flowery parterre . , It is the ramparts of the old town militant that have been put to this pleasant useand the sweet
redoubts breathings and of ravelins peace have into changed knolls fortifications and shaded into thickets , flower- while beds , -
the moat has become a narrow grassy stream meandering throug , h the p parts lantations , thoug . h This the b belt oundary of park is then -like not ground visible is but from narrow the road in , but walk some is ® -
elsewhere wide enough to leave space for shady and secluded beyond the liveliness and sunshine of the outer path ; and extending , as it does , so far in length , must afford room for many a varied free and
of deli access ghtful to stroll the , inhabitants within the of reach the of adjoining every citizen better , and class equall of houses y _,, and to those whose immediate surroundings form a hideous
contrast—the dwellers in the water-side districts , foul purlieus wherenot onlare there no footpathsbut so harrow and so filthy
th are at the they y spaces seem between rather gutters each row than of , streets black . and Thu Jotting s this city tenements , almost ,
circular in its shape , seems like some planet fixed in its flight , and always turning one side to the light , while the other lies ever in
sunless The facilities gloom . afforded on the of the town for
intercourse with nature have probably very done verge much to create and foster that . love of flowers which displays itself in every direction . Not
only in the large mansion ' s double casement , telling of extra w ¦ ; ¦ , .
896 A Stroll Through Hamburgh.
896 A STROLL THROUGH HAMBURGH .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 2, 1863, page 396, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02021863/page/36/
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