Volume 173701

Les amusemens de Spa: or the gallantries of the Spaw in Germany. Containing the nature of the several springs, with their singular virtues and uses ... / Translated from the original French [by H. de Veil] [Anon].

  • Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von, 1692-1775
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1737
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Credit: Les amusemens de Spa: or the gallantries of the Spaw in Germany. Containing the nature of the several springs, with their singular virtues and uses ... / Translated from the original French [by H. de Veil] [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C2] chief Aim of this Book is, by defcribing the Re- creations which I found at Spa, to give a general Notion of the Diverfions there to thofe whom a View to Health, or a View to Pleafure, may in- vite thither. : To meafure the Delights of others by my own, X think there are few Places where a Seafon can be more agreeably pafs’d. The Inhabitants of Spa are courteous to Strangers of whatfoever Na. tion, and are induftrious in fupplying ’em with a thoufand Conveniencies : And tho’ they are well paid for their little Services, yet the Stranger pays without Regret, becaufe they render thofe Services with fuch Complacency, and with an Air as affectionate, as if the Foreigner were of their own Family. There we live in perfect Liberty of Behaviour, of Sentiment and Manners, which immediately communicates itfelf to Strangers, and is feldom abus’d: The Union appears exceeding ftriét, and altho’ it’s founded on Polifh and good Breeding only, yet an uncommon Affability ex- eludes all Conftraint. | There, as well as every where elfe, are fome- times found morofe and unfociable Tempers, but inftead of exafperating and infulting ‘em, every Body ftrives to wean ‘em from their Brutality, or at leaft they are regarded with Compaflion, and confider’d as Incurables : This Fellow-feeling is the more natural, becaufe all who come to Spa are ‘proud of being thought Invalids ; and this Foible eftablifhes a kind of Tendernefs among thofe who drink the Waters, which inclines °em to a Com- paffion for the little Extravagance of others. I . have feen fome who have ftood in Need of this Indulgence, but on the other Hand I had the Advantage of finding there very amiable Perfons