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taken by quick association to the Anglers' Inns of England ��I have assisted 

at innumerable feats of angling by lying in the bottom of the boat�察�whole 

summer days�察�doing nothing with the greatest perseverance�察�which I have 

generally found to be as effectual towards the taking of fish as the finest 



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tackle and   the utmost   science���察  �and to   the   pleasant   white�察  �clean�察  �flower´ 

pot´decorated bedrooms of those inns�察�overlooking the river�察�and the ferry�察�

and the green ait�察�and the church´spire�察�and the country bridge�察�and to the 

pearless   Emma   with   the   bright   eyes   and   the   pretty   smile�察  �who   waited�察�

bless   her�   �with   a   natural   grace   that   would   have   converted   Blue´Beard。 

Casting   my   eyes   upon   my   Holly´Tree   fire�察  �I   next   discerned   among   the 

glowing coals the pictures of a score or more of those wonderful English 

posting´inns which we are all so sorry to have lost�察�which were so large 

and     so    comfortable�察     �and    which      were    such     monuments        of   British 

submission   to   rapacity   and   extortion。        He   who   would   see   these   houses 

pining away�察�let him walk from Basingstoke�察�or even Windsor�察�to London�察�

by way of Hounslow�察�and moralise on their perishing remains�察�the stables 

crumbling to dust�察�unsettled labourers and wanderers bivouacking in the 

outhouses�察  �grass   growing   in   the   yards�察  �the   rooms�察  �where   erst   so   many 

hundred       beds    of   down     were     made     up�察  �let  off   to   Irish   lodgers     at 

eighteenpence a week�察�a little ill´looking beer´shop shrinking in the tap of 

former   days�察  �burning   coach´house   gates   for   firewood�察  �having   one   of   its 

two windows bunged up�察�as if it had received punishment in a fight with 

the Railroad�察  �a low�察 �bandy´legged�察�brick´making bulldog   standing in the 

doorway。        What   could   I   next   see   in   my   fire   so   naturally   as   the   new 

railway´house of these times near the dismal country station�察�with nothing 

particular on draught but cold air and damp�察�nothing worth mentioning in 

the   larder   but   new   mortar�察  �and   no   business   doing   beyond   a   conceited 

affectation of luggage in the hall�拭            �Then I came to the Inns of Paris�察�with 

the    pretty   apartment      of  four   pieces    up   one   hundred      and   seventy´five 

waxed       stairs�察 �the   privilege    of   ringing    the   bell   all  day   long    without 

influencing anybody's mind or body but your own�察�and the not´too´much´ 

for´ dinner�察�considering the price。            Next to the provincial Inns of France�察�

with   the   great   church´tower   rising   above   the   courtyard�察  �the   horse´bells 

jingling   merrily   up   and   down   the   street   beyond�察  �and   the   clocks   of   all 

descriptions   in   all   the   rooms�察  �which   are   never   right�察  �unless   taken   at   the 

precise minute when�察�by getting exactly twelve hours too fast or too slow�察�

they unintentionally become so。              Away I went�察�next�察�to the lesser roadside 



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Inns   of   Italy�察  �where   all   the   dirty   clothes   in   the   house   ��not   in   wear��   are 

always      lying   in  your    anteroom�察    �where     the   mosquitoes      make     a  raisin 

pudding of your face in summer�察�and the cold bites it blue in winter�察�where 

you get what you can�察�and forget what you can't�此                   �where I should again 

like to be boiling my tea in a pocket´handkerchief dumpling�察�for want of a 

teapot。     So to the old palace Inns and old monastery Inns�察�in towns and 

cities    of   the   same    bright    country�察    �with    their   massive     quadrangular 

staircases�察�whence you may look from among clustering pillars high into 

the   blue   vault   of   heaven�察  �with   their   stately   banqueting´rooms�察  �and   vast 

refectories�察     �with   their   labyrinths     of   ghostly    bedchambers�察       �and    their 

glimpses      into   gorgeous     streets   that   have    no   appearance      of  reality   or 

possibility。     So to the close little Inns of the Malaria districts�察�with their 

pale attendants�察�and their peculiar smell of never letting in the air。                   So to 

the immense fantastic Inns of Venice�察�with the cry of the gondolier below�察�

as   he   skims   the   corner�察  �the   grip   of   the   watery   odours   on   one   particular 

little bit of the bridge of your nose ��which is never released while you stay 

there���察�and the great bell of St。 Mark's Cathedral tolling midnight。                    Next I 

put up for a minute at the restless Inns upon the Rhine�察�where your going 

to   bed�察  �no   matter   at   what   hour�察  �appears   to   be   the   tocsin   for   everybody 

else's getting up�察�and where�察�in the table´d'hote room at the end of the long 

table   ��with   several   Towers   of   Babel   on   it   at   the   other   end�察  �all   made   of 

white plates���察�one knot of stoutish men�察�entirely dressed in jewels and dirt�察�

and having nothing else upon them�察�will remain all night�察�clinking glasses�察�

and singing about the river that flows�察�and the grape that grows�察�and Rhine 

wine that beguiles�察�and Rhine woman that smiles and hi drink drink my 

friend   and   ho   drink   drink   my  brother�察  �and   all   the   rest   of   it。 I   departed 

thence�察�as a matter of course�察�to other German Inns�察�where all the eatables 

are soddened down to the same flavour�察�and where the mind is disturbed 

by the apparition of hot puddings�察�and boiled cherries�察�sweet and slab�察�at 

awfully  unexpected   periods   of   the   repast。        After   a  draught   of   sparkling 

beer   from   a   foaming   glass   jug�察  �and   a   glance   of   recognition   through   the 

windows of the student beer´houses at Heidelberg and elsewhere�察�I put out 

to sea for the Inns of America�察�with their four hundred beds apiece�察�and 



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their   eight   or   nine   hundred   ladies   and   gentlemen   at   dinner   every   day。 

Again I stood in the bar´rooms thereof�察�taking my evening cobbler�察�julep�察�

sling�察  �or   cocktail。   Again   I   listened   to   my   friend   the   General��whom   I 

had known for five minutes�察�in the course of which period he had made 

me intimate for life with two Majors�察�who again had made me intimate for 

life with   three   Colonels�察�who   again had   made   me   brother to twenty´two 

civilians��again�察     �I  say�察 �I  listened   to  my    friend   the   General�察   �leisurely 

expounding the resources of the establishment�察�as to gentlemen's morning´ 

room�察�sir�察�ladies' morning´room�察�sir�察�gentlemen's evening´room�察�sir�察�ladies' 

evening´room�察  �sir�察  �ladies'   and   gentlemen's   evening   reuniting´room�察  �sir�察�

music´room�察�sir�察�reading´room�察�sir�察�over four hundred sleeping´ rooms�察�sir�察�

and the entire planned and finited within twelve calendar months from the 

first   clearing   off   of   the   old   encumbrances   on   the   plot�察  �at   a   cost   of   five 

hundred thousand dollars�察�sir。          Again I found�察�as to my individual way of 

thinking�察�that the greater�察�the more gorgeous�察�and the more dollarous the 

establishment was�察�the less desirable it was。              Nevertheless�察�again I drank 

my   cobbler�察  �julep�察  �sling�察  �or   cocktail�察  �in   all   good´will�察  �to   my   friend   the 

General�察�and my friends the Majors�察�Colonels�察�and civilians all�察�full well 

knowing that�察�whatever little motes my beamy eyes may have descried in 

theirs�察�they belong to a kind�察�generous�察�large´hearted�察�and great people。 

   

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