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16 A STKOLL THROUGH BERLIN. I r *
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extremity ends in a very St . Giles ' s collection of mean little shops for the sale of old clothesold booksand coarse confectionery ; but we
the are going best-end towards leading the west direc , -end tl , to whic the , h royal here , as residence elsewhe . re , Crossing implies a the lso
, y shudder Long Brid at the ov recollection er the main that stream formerl of t w he omen Spree were , not unished without fo a y p
this infan spot ticide , , w b y p b ause eing s fi rs w t a in t the sack bronze and eques thrown trian into figure the river of the at
Elector Frederick William , placed at the side of the bridge , not for the emeror pleas bu ure t ou of t seeing of the t t Great o the Elector man ra disguised ther than as the a Roman statue
thoug at sound p h when , of " erec sackbut ted here respec saltery in 1703 and , in all presence kinds o o f f music king and " peop hera le ld , ,
, p , , lasting fore proclaimed all and memorial t hat his l of to b the e jes held t immortal y ordained in hon hero our this for Frederick sta ever tue and cc to William eve be an " , while ever be-
-, s w ealed ith bare the heads royal t command he people di We d reverence shall be , sure and to salvoes think again canno of n
. t take his time really to glanc at e m also an down a litt the le f street urther opposite on , but , runnin meanwhile g paralle I l
h to sided t the he it remem river s first , b where g rance overnor the of , General Military wife B the o School guslaws Florence is ka , situated N and ihtingale it . Here hallo of w the re ed
-French y war . Visiting the hosp , itals far and ne g , helping and comforting the sick and woundedfinding loyment for the
disabledand for the widows of the slain , , and emp sending the orphans to school , or to serviceher advice and assistance ever ready for
whoever might need ei , ther , this indefatigable lady , by example and a ex n h or thus tation fou , induced nded the man firs y t L ot adies hers ' to Chari join t h able er in Associ these ation noble in labo Berlin urs , .
Those who could not otherwise assist her , she persuaded to preproceeds pare perpetual fancy of Fancy which work of _afforde Fair all at kinds dfunds her , with apartments for carry which ing she here out her kept in benevo the open school len a t kind p , lans the of . dom
thousands Throug children But we h taug her yearl have ht influence , y the reached have destitut , extending since the e clothed Schloss been as it hel and did that ped fed throug , large . the hout sick square the nursed king block , the of ,
, successivel agglomerated contribute buildings d to and the which erection as of a writer which on so Berlin many princes loyally
palace remarks of , " y a send tyrant up no to loft rise , y above towers all or , else turrets and , seeking overawe not the , like world the
beneathbut which , ratherlike the home of a monarch whose throne is , in the hearts of , his lerests among the adjacent
habitations , sheltered by the dwellings peop of , willing subjects . " Passing itself
thence traverse under a admitted an colonnaded inner to court the portal -yard interior , forming a busy , where thoroug part we pass hfare the throug building open to h all a s erie and , s we of
16 A Stkoll Through Berlin. I R *
16 A STKOLL THROUGH BERLIN . I r
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 2, 1863, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02031863/page/16/
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