Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland; in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq; / from William Coxe.

  • William Coxe
Date:
1779
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Credit: Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland; in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq; / from William Coxe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    our time for this expedition is extreme¬ ly limited, and that we fhall not be able to vifit as much as I could with of fo delightful a country. But as it is always one’s interedr, not fo much to regret what we cannot have, as to make the moll of what is in our power j I fhall endeavour to gain all the in¬ formation, which the fhortnefs of the time will admit: and, if it will not be trefpafling upon your patience, I pro- pofe to trouble you with fome account of my tour writing however, only when it may be convenient to me, and with¬ out promifing that you will find me a very pundbual correfpondent. I am per- fuaded, that I fhall travel with much greater profit to myfelf, when I am thus to inform you of all that I have feen; as the reflection that my obfervations are to be communicated to you, will be one means of rendering me more attentive and accurate in forming them. We quitted Strafbourg yefterday, and croffed the Rhine to Kehl, formerly an t ' ‘ important
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