Excerpt from Poland: A Study of the Land People and Literature AT II O'clock in the forenoon on the 3rd Of February the train left the City of Hans Makart and johann Strauss, and thoughts and memories of Vienna long continued to revolve in my brain; cheerful thoughts and bright memories of captivating friendliness, of cordiality, of warmth of feeling, of the ardour of the moment; of the well-turned Speeches of journalists and ex-ministers, the improvisations of young poets, the smiles of elegant women, the jokes and ...
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Excerpt from Poland: A Study of the Land People and Literature AT II O'clock in the forenoon on the 3rd Of February the train left the City of Hans Makart and johann Strauss, and thoughts and memories of Vienna long continued to revolve in my brain; cheerful thoughts and bright memories of captivating friendliness, of cordiality, of warmth of feeling, of the ardour of the moment; of the well-turned Speeches of journalists and ex-ministers, the improvisations of young poets, the smiles of elegant women, the jokes and laughter of beautiful soubrettes, the importunities of ladies athirst for literature and autographs; of the pompous marble halls of Theophilus Hansen, the Slovenly Splendour oh the Makart Exhibition, and the cosy room where the King of the Waltz gives his recitals of works, which it is true are only very small works of art, but still genuine art; and for a time I still inhaled the atmosphere Of peaceful extravagance, of reckless but kindly joy of life, of amiable second-rate happi ness, which fills one's lungs in the great Witches' cauldron called Vienna. Vienna is a City of freedom from restraint. How bright are words, hues, and music there! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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