"They have been written of enough to-day, but who has seen them from close by or understood that brilliant interlude o…"

"“Why, how call you those grunting brutes running about on their four legs?” demanded Wamba.“Swine, fool, swine,” said…"

"The people of Germany appear to me indigenous, and free from intermixture with foreigners, either as settlers or casu…"

"The land, though varied to a considerable extent in its aspect, is yet universally shagged with forests, or deformed …"

"In the election of kings they have regard to birth; in that of generals, to valor. Their kings have not an absolute o…"

"No people are more addicted to divination by omens and lots. The latter is performed in the following simple manner. …"

"The Germans transact no business, public or private, without being armed: but it is not customary for any person to a…"

"During the intervals of war, they pass their time less in hunting than in a sluggish repose, divided between sleep an…"

"[Their manner of living with their guest is easy and affable] As soon as they arise from sleep, which they generally …"

"Their drink is a liquor prepared from barley or wheat brought by fermentation to a certain resemblance of wine. Those…"