Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau
By Sir Francis Bond Head
Length9h 19m
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Excerpt: "The writer of this trifling Volume was suddenly sentenced, in the cold evening of his life, to drink the mineral waters of one of the bubbling springs, or brunnens, of Nassau. In his own opinion, his constitution was not worth so troublesome a repair; but, being outvoted, he bowed and departed. On reaching the point of his destination, he found not only water-bibbing—bathing—and ambulation to be the orders of the day, but it was moreover insisted upon, that the mind was to be relaxed inversely as the body was to be strengthened. During this severe regimen, he was driven to amuse himself in his old age by blowing, as he toddled about, a few literary Bubbles. His hasty sketches of whatever chanced for the moment to please either his eyes, or his mind, were only made—because he had nothing else in the whole world to do; and he now offers them to that vast and highly respectable class of people who read from exactly the self-same motive. The critic must, of course, declare this production to be vain—empty—light—hollow—superficial ...... but it is the nature of Bubbles to be so.By the time I reached the Custom-house Stairs, the paddles of the Rotterdam steam-boat were actually in motion, and I had scarcely hurried across a plank, when I heard it fall splash into the muddy water which separated me farther and farther from the wharf. Still later than myself, passengers were now seen chasing the vessel in boats, and there was a confusion on deck, which I gladly availed myself of, by securing, close to the helmsman, a corner, where, muffled in the ample folds of an old boat-cloak, I felt I might quietly enjoy an incognito; for, as the sole object of my expedition was to do myself as much good and as little harm as possible, I considered it would be a pity to wear out my constitution by any travelling exclamations in the Thames."
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GenreChildren's Literature, General Fiction
Length9 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
12THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE.
2THE VOYAGE.
13THE HARVEST.
3THE JOURNEY.
14THE SUNSET.
4THE REVEILLE.
15THE CROSS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM.
5THE BATH.
16THE RENEGADE.
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6THE DINNER.
17SCHLANGENBAD; OR, THE SERPENTS’ BATH.
7THE PROMENADE.
18NIEDER-SELTERS.
8THE SCHWEIN-GENERAL.
19THE MONASTERY OF EBERBACH.
9THE LUTHERAN CHAPEL.
20JOURNEY TO MAINZ.
10THE NEW SCHOOL.
21EXCURSION TO THE NIEDERWALD.
11THE OLD PROTESTANT CHURCH.
22WIESBADEN.
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