The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
Karl Philipp MoritzOn a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.
Karl Philipp MoritzA pedestrian seems in this country to be a sort of beast of passage - stared at, pitied, suspected and shunned by everyone who meets him ... Every passing coachman called out to me: "Do you want to ride on the outside?" If I met only a farm worker on a horse he would say to me companionably "Warm walking sir," and when I passed through a village the old women in their bewilderment would let out a "God Almighty!
Karl Philipp MoritzI am very sorry to say that I rejoiced when I once more perceived the towers of Windsor behind me.
Karl Philipp Moritz