They Could Not Help Thinking It Somewhat Preposterous
That A Jew Should Be Ashamed To Ride On The Outside, Or
On any side,
and in any way; since as they added, he was nothing more than a Jew.
This antipathy
And prejudice against the Jews, I have noticed to be
far more common here, than it is even with us, who certainly are not
partial to them.
Of the beautiful country seats and villas which we now passed, I
could only through the windows of our coach gain a partial and
indistinct prospect, which led me to wish, as I soon most earnestly
did, to be released from this movable prison. Towards evening we
arrived at Richmond. In London, before I set out, I had paid one
shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from
London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two
shillings.
As soon as I had alighted at an inn and had drunk my tea, I went out
immediately to see the town and the circumjacent country.
Even this town, though hardly out of sight of London, is more
countrified, pleasanter, and more cheerful than London, and the
houses do not seem to be so much blackened by smoke. The people
also appeared to me here more sociable and more hospitable. I saw
several sitting on benches before their doors, to enjoy the cool
breeze of the evening. On a large green area in the middle of the
town, a number of boys, and even young men, were enjoying
themselves, and playing at trap-ball.
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