The Taunus: Or, Doings and Undoings, Being a Tour in Search of the Picturesque, Romantic, Fabulous and True ; the Roman Antiquities of the Taunus, and the Donnersberg -- with Reflections on the Character, Manners, and Habits of the People |
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Page 100 - in the possession of the Prussians. Arrived at the old town, the streets of which are remarkably narrow , and very much out of the direct angle , we bent our steps towards the residence of Mr. — to whom my respectable friend M — in Mentz had given me a