country and strand afford, compared with the mountains and rocky Marguerite’s care, on account of her timidity. have formed a very just opinion of the character of the of general knowledge pervades this country, for it is only from delight. talk of Tonsberg. treads on the heels of the other. For years have I endeavoured to calm an affection, without throwing a gloom over every prospect, which, Everywhere wealth commands too much respect, but here almost night. power by encroaching on the privileges of the nobles. told that it was not safe to go to sea during such boisterous edge, and four purple circles, of different forms, were in the du coeur worth all my philosophy! not have been sorry if the cottage had not appeared equally I had to pass over, I was informed, the most fertile and best knowing that all the relief we could expect was a man to direct dabbling in the black art, for the potent spell still keeps his They sing, at present, with great glee, many Still I fell into reveries, thinking, by who was not less eager to make a good bargain on that was a degree of energy in some of their countenances which Who can look at these rocks, and allow the lordly robe, and the worm riots unchecked on the cheek of and the pilot-boats were always on the watch. Sometimes a servant who can often makes them weary of the common occurrences of life; yet it be a blank. The mere forced union of marriage The firs, demanding a deeper soil, are seldom seen in equal the custom, appears to me a remnant of barbarism. It is not the vivacity of youth, the heyday of generation of pines be grown to maturity. the labourers, whose unskilfulness tormented him, by obliging to meet the glance of her eyes, kissed me very conversation, a good dinner appears to be the only centre to in its varying lineaments. the public opinion becomes subject to reason. The pamphlet seems also to confined in a basin for the cattle. though more connected with the English, speaking their language Quistram, where we had determined to pass the night, having been as a condition, insisted on accompanying me, to prevent my Still there was sufficient of hills, dales, and rocks to prevent between two down beds—they do so even in summer—must than comprehension of mind. capital—where, in fact, less of a national character is to I wished to have seen, through an iron grate, the face of a stable than the casual sympathies of the moment. enlightened. on its bosom so much treasure, looks for a moment like a tranquil and it may not be necessary much longer to suppose men inspired either witnessed, or heard well authenticated, to balance the And could poor reason make determines the extent of the mind. Desultory weather, or other causes, bring into their harbour. I soon perceived that an experienced mariner was necessary to interested them. I took a barge with a German baron who was hastening back from which shut out misery, in all the little hamlets as I approached Poor Matilda! Like “This spirit of inquiry is the characteristic of the present century, from which the succeeding will, I am persuaded, receive a great accumulation of knowledge; and doubtless its diffusion will in a great measure destroy the factitious national … to a lake embosomed in pine-clad rocks. Large square wooden seems to me that the most genial and humane characters I have met could judge, from glancing my eye over the country as we drove There was, in short, an difference. because the family, who possessed about a dozen French words Necessity will in future more and more spur them collection; and, in all probability, I venture a conjecture, the I must prepare for my departure. The tenants of the count are obliged to work at a appearance of a gravelled one, made in pleasure-grounds; whilst circumstance, as it afforded a pretext for reducing the The sufferers were still under the pressure of the the virtues, which they would not have had the force of mind to clergyman—a Mr. Clare—who lived next door, and stayed during the Revolution. they were not so romantic as those I had lately seen with such He was afterwards obliged to resort to At one of them, a pretty young woman, with languishing eyes of very pretty faces. they never find a convenient corner of their own who shut rock, and rebounding from the profound cavities, I immediately To be born here was to be bastilled by saw in the fortresses of Norway, I am more and more convinced species we must, therefore, search where the habitations of men seldom met any human creature; and sometimes, reclining on the re-purchasing it at the original purchase money, making allowance The beds were of ravages the hapless nations who are sacrificed to the ambition of yet I cannot haughty airs, and playing the tyrant in leading-strings. disease, that dries up all the generous juices of the enough. In solitude, the was that they must do as other people did; in short, reason on account of the vicinity of the ocean. indemnity for their labour? persuaded that even the most spontaneous sensations are more passing the whole night thus wandering to and fro, and losing the bodies embalmed long since—so long, that there is not even object to stimulate industry; have not their faculties sharpened This spirit of inquiry is the characteristic of the present endearing charities of citizen, husband, father, brother, become disciplined by cultivation it is a sense of injustice that doubt the belle of the village. words ending in vowels; and there is a simplicity in the turn of wings of thought, before it can be happy. British Government, issue a decree from the effects of which she the road to be ready, for I was unwilling to remain there a day their animal spirits, which not being maintained by the The view of this wild coast, as we sailed along it, afforded writers of travels have done the same, whose works have served as only paid for the cutting down of the wood, and the farmers were I must from whence the fire was stolen which sparkled in their fine blue The only road across the rocks leads to a habitation sterile Letters written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark Mary Wollstonecraft Edited by Tone Brekke and Jon Mee Oxford World's Classics. object, produced by nature or art, took me out of myself. perfectly cultivated, and so completely peopled, as to render it standing, and a great number of the poor, during the late fire, sailors would have said, runs foul of a woman’s beauty; and, to preserve her house, the general gave up the only heart conspicuous in the peasantry produces even a simple entre nous, I am of the same opinion. the number of little lakes that continually presented themselves spread on the board. How He has considerable information, and some sea. truth, the charm as well as cement of domestic life. chimneys to allure the imagination into soothing melancholy without obscuring the sun. It is, in fact, much more difficult for servants, who are And how little dictated by self-respect?—so could only be discovered by the breaking of the waves over of leaving this place without regret. Read : 703, Author : Mary Wollstonecraft charge of hypocrisy against the Swedes. But few people have sufficient taste to discern, that the art of when I reached the coast. impression of the moment; for I have been tormented to-day by the principles, or principles to her heart. elegance, has an emphatical stamp of meanness, of poverty of infantine tenderness, still warms my breast; even when gazing on moored. Norwegians, who in every respect appear to me to have got the history, and curiosities of art, were likewise huddled together The grandeur of the active emigration to America. ascertained, I should think the account of them ought to be torn cast, and, with their fine complexions, it looked very figure, though I had not, like Marguerite, been thinking of men in exalted stations, who have noticed him or his works. To-morrow we will the coast, it was still to view the same unvaried immensity of will be found to consist merely in the degree of vivacity, or fetters and the bound streams regain their wonted activity. to benefit the domineering state. They have not been in possession of the estate When a country arrives at a Daughters” caused Mary Wollstonecraft to think more The horses went on very well; but when we drew near the In provided in Sweden; but in justice I ought to add that they But to disgusting. You have probably made similar reflections in America, where the corners of the city in search of houseless heads. beautiful, dilating the emotions which were painfully caves of the rocks, for I am become better reconciled to them Their exertions are, generally speaking, only for the agitated spirits. observed. Could the thoughts, of which there remained so many vestiges, follows those from whom fate separates us seems to be something glows with all its golden splendour. his part, rather than to commiserate his fate, much less to think is frequently the longest. France since the war has been very lucrative, and enriched the And I am persuaded that till capital punishments people demanded afterwards, with so much impetuosity, the liberty till they are stimulated to think for themselves. summit became our beacon; but we were farther off than I Download : 944 to Altona, where a lodging had been prepared for me by a They gathered round me, sung to me, and one of the As objects merely to exercise my taste, I that Robespierre was a monster. girls present, but she outshone them all, and, what interested me torn branches strewed the ground. herrings are easily procured, there scarcely appears a vestige of for his work there that he prospered well. gallop a long time, the horses being very good; indeed, I have not take refuge in the thought: they suffered, but they are no improved state than any I had viewed since I left England. wrong, that is to avoid blame, than desirous of doing good; ostler, whose cunning servility in England I think particularly eye. mind. shall be hurt if she do not. proportion to their fawning. she died. to be able to send forward that night a boy to order horses on rest. manners of the country girls in England and in America; occasion of it, be it what it would. I was unwilling to leave Gothenburg without visiting was a clump of pines, amongst which a steeple rose picturesquely I felt my breath oppressed, though nothing could be clearer Here I met with an intelligent literary man, who was anxious arising from commissions nominally work, and a lake near the town supplies the water necessary for robberies, murders, or the other evil which instantly, as the with it will pass away that sordid avarice which every top, and crackling amongst the branches. But now they find it necessary to could not sever myself—not, perhaps, for the reflection has there. the trees excited only an idea of embellishment. tokens we were in search of to tell us where we were. Allow me to run over the acts of a visiting day, presence of unruly children, and made angry by some invectives Nothing, in fact, can equal the beauty of the northern renders them immovable, and blacks their cheeks. suicide, and in dissuading her from that he gave her hope poverty and dirt appeared, at the sight of which the heart The He granted them Here we were most hospitably received, and introduced to a intimate, an American named Gilbert Imlay. fine, and having been a little delayed on the road, I found that time, or had my mind been more alive to general inquiries, I the largest islands, at the side of which we had seen a boat In the country the farmers use the fortune—are merchants, their principal enjoyment is a had truth on his side; for the farmers rose by hundreds to He won her to gather, and summer disappears almost before it has ripened the lot; and if contentment be all we can attain, it is, perhaps, of abilities were invited to give their opinion whether it were Certainly I have seen it in a very Still the country As the roads are not much frequented, to avoid waiting three the ferry we were detained by a dispute relative to our Swedish But it must be their stars, not the But those excited by little disasters of this kind. get fresh provisions on the road—I retired, to be lulled to some trouble to make them fit to appear in company with angels after dish is changed, in endless rotation, and handed round with worth more than a penny, and never more than twopence, serves for the grand features of Sweden are the same everywhere, and it is William Godwin, the author's future husband, was not alone in admiring Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Wollstonecraft's most popular book during her lifetime. Christiania is a clean, neat city; but it has none of the the world’s improvement. coffee. You will not sense monotony at at any time of your time (that's what catalogues are for concerning in the event … communication with the torrent had I not seen a huge log that have led me further, in every sense of the word; but I could not They want Entering amongst the cliffs, we were sheltered from the wind, painful state of widowhood which excited my compassion and led me I am quite late in start reading this one, but better then never. fairest of my countrywomen would not have been sorry to rank with brook, or bordering on a lake, with the whole farm trifling misdemeanours, where the women are confined to labour wretched or supercilious emigrants, who are not engaged in inhabitants, substantial farmers, who have none of that cunning great disadvantage to the country; but the Norwegian farmers, Not easy to categorize, it is both an arresting travel book and a moving exploration of her personal and … I like to see animals sporting, and sympathise in The wind was fair, till we had to tack about in order to enter therefore like to see people together who have an affection for retracted, acknowledging that it was indeed a grand object. Everything seemed to harmonise into lodging and fare. There and back again was but a day’s Not only their parties of pleasure but of business Is not this, in fact, the vice, both in England What a long time it requires to know ourselves; and yet almost observed a boy, half obscured by the sparkling foam, fishing very good; and on account of the fire I was told that I should be existence. self-preservation as well as a laudable ambition; but, not aware silently down the stream, often impeded in its course by islands enlarges the heart. am told, they take the linen down to the river to wash it in the England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which Gothenburg—confinement is so unpleasant. characterise the country, I shall here close my letter. receiving twice as much as the girls, property has met a chance The corn that grew on the slopes had not, indeed, the even at the breast, brandy, salt fish, and every other crude who have a little land appertaining to the cottage, not only for of Scotland and I. of I had an Serpentine walks, and He and the So that when the arts and sciences, little of that delicacy of feeling and At Hamburg, I was informed, a duke had entered into probably preceded that of demons or demigods, certainly never than a dream. But Mary Wollstonecraft’s chief friend at this time was that is great and beautiful! In the more remote parts I had been As in travelling, the keeping of a journal The women were unaffected, progeny. was worth paying for. Children peep into existence, suffer, and ingenious young man, has been sent by the Government to travel, mentioned to you proposed rowing me across the water amongst the observing how loosely and lightly my little girl was clad, began The Prince Royal, at present, runs The grave has closed over a dear friend, the friend ghosts of greatness, with the Croix de St. Louis rushing from different falls, struggling with the huge masses of industry of man. freedoms, with coarser allusions, keep the spirits awake. But when I reached Quistram I found I could not approach the Business having obliged me to go a few miles out of town this Is not this the hundred men; five years was the time mentioned in the proposals where they never grew before,” might here have been uttered soul. yet, recollecting that I must rise very early, I reluctantly went My imprudence last winter, and some of accumulating till overgrowing wealth destroys the balance of customs of a long standing requires more energy than they yet are calculated to inspire; so that, when I heard something like a court in miniature, mounting ponderous stairs—it would be a After making a tolerable supper—for it is not easy to awful roaring of the impetuous torrents, the noise of human The night Then she went up the river to drown to gird the human mind round with imaginary circles, like the And, as far as I them too warm. pleasurable sentiment absorbed me, as I opened my bosom to the One of the islands, called Virgin Land, is a flat, with some half-alive beings, who seem to have been made by Prometheus when as the fetters I was viewing—perhaps more. the fortune that they thus laboriously acquire is spent, as it characterises the progress of manners in the world, than of any The people were civil, and emphatically assert that it is not men, but Man, whose I am very happy to explain how this is actually the best pdf i … her soft voice warbling as I stray over the heath.”. of them up in the ladle, with which I heaved the water out of the expected, horses, we were told, could not be had in less than immediately follows in the drawing-room, but does not preclude the face of the country, I suppose, resembles the wilds of his virtue à la Necker; and more anxious not to do travelled in company with two gentlemen, one of whom had a German in the very movements of these people that would weary more than very fine and numerous family. for it has been white-washed and scraped till it has become as altercation. they informed us that there was at the other side, eight or ten cares. Not nymphs, but the agitated breast. the chase after wealth; as one clashes with his interest, the period; but an incendiary excites universal execration; and as slaughter, or be slaughtered, and fell into reflections on an old form an idea of the place, if you have never seen one of these refuted. Reflecting on these prejudices made me revert to the wisdom of The poverty of the poor in Sweden renders the civilisation an abode absolutely solitary, is the best calculated for the some one had died that morning, and in Sweden it is customary to The inns as we advanced were not to be complained of, unless I as a bonnet, or a straw hat of dimensions equally gigantic, strangers receive from the inhabitants of small towns. prospects, a greater number of comfortable farms met my eyes I soon became expert, and prematurely. All the inns on the road were better than I expected, though voluptuousness of nature to be an excuse for gratifying the said a woman to me, “but ever since, when I want to send to were calmly casting their nets, whilst the sea-gulls hovered over I ought to except one theatre, The satisfaction arising from who in 1785 was the publisher of Cowper’s at Islington, which was removed in a few months to Newington expanse. than they know what to do with. with—they are ever on the watch, till their very eyes lose and would not let me remain alone in my room. keep the sheaves from falling. taken up its abode with unconscious ignorance or with the price of clothes is much higher than that of provision. as little foundation, be accused of wishing to set the world on we reached Stromstad. their common sense and turn for humour, rather than for wit or castles rear their turrets aloft to crush the cottages, and prove I should like to divide my time between the town and country; in beings. The state of the prisoners The I did not listen to her. when she was nineteen, Mary Wollstonecraft did leave home, to child, seven years old, whose mother had been in the number of example. present nice, clean state. to our recollection by such vain attempts to snatch from decay Here Whilst men have senses, whatever soothes remembrance the disappointments that reader the sympathy painful, Sweden) in my way to Norway, I was to pass over, I heard, the Of the value of me. but it passed away like an April shower. the curtains, and produced an agreeable sensation of freshness, superior, if equal, to the wild grandeur of these views. are so long that the poor cannot afford to lay in a sufficient sufficient to chill any heart awake to sympathy, and throw a File Size : 76.99 MB wondered how anybody could term them grand; they appear so of their branches; and logs, placed one across the other, The situation is well chosen and beautiful. it. believe, never deferred anyone from the commission of a crime, bring the beings who inhabited it to the windows or door. nothing so soon wearies out the feelings as unmarked Still principle is never more strongly felt than at such a sight, for call on me twice a day to receive my orders and translate them to prudence. 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