The family of Christian Charles Josias, Baron von Bunsen et al. in Switzerland - at the end of 1839
from A Memoir of Baron Bunsen Volume 1, pages 552-553:
Letter from Bunsen to Mrs Waddington - The contrast in passing from the Catholic Jura to Protestant Neufchatel was great : it was Sunday—on the French side the roads (in a horrible condition) were crowded with wheeled conveyances for enormous trees, perhaps fifty or sixty in number, accompanied by loud swearing and quarrelling drivers ; on the side of Switzerland, in the same tract of country (a brook forming the boundary), the same race to the eye, the same language to the ear, but all quietness, peace, mildness, and cleanliness ; bells were ringing, and the population going to … more >>
Baroness von Bunsen, A Memoir of Baron Bunsen Volume 1 (London, 1868), p. 552-553. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433861127844 accessed: 11 December, 2024
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Date/Time | at the end of 1839 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |