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> [As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/as-i-passed-along-the-side-walls-of-westminster-abbey-i-hardly-saw/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

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> [Westminster Abbey, the Tower, a steeple, one church, and then another, presented themselves to our view; and we could now plainly distinguish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/westminster-abbey-the-tower-a-steeple-one-church-and-then-another/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

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> [On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/on-a-very-gloomy-dismal-day-just-such-a-one-as-it-ought-to-be-i-went/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

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## Other authors on Abbey

## More by Karl Philipp Moritz

> [The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/the-church-of-st-peter-at-berlin-notwithstanding-the-total-difference/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [All over London as one walks, one everywhere, in the season, sees oranges to sell; and they are in general sold tolerably cheap, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/all-over-london-as-one-walks-one-everywhere-in-the-season-sees/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [Every view, and every object I studied attentively, by viewing them again and again on every side, for I was anxious to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/every-view-and-every-object-i-studied-attentively-by-viewing-them/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/as-i-passed-along-the-side-walls-of-westminster-abbey-i-hardly-saw/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [I am very sorry to say that I rejoiced when I once more perceived the towers of Windsor behind me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/i-am-very-sorry-to-say-that-i-rejoiced-when-i-once-more-perceived-the/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/whilst-in-prussia-poets-only-speak-of-the-love-of-country-as-one-of/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [The short English miles are delightful for walking. You are always pleased to find, every now and then, in how short a time you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/the-short-english-miles-are-delightful-for-walking-you-are-always/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [In the streets through which we passed, I must own the houses in general struck me as if they were dark and gloomy, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/in-the-streets-through-which-we-passed-i-must-own-the-houses-in/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [Westminster Abbey, the Tower, a steeple, one church, and then another, presented themselves to our view; and we could now plainly distinguish the high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/westminster-abbey-the-tower-a-steeple-one-church-and-then-another/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [You see in the streets of London, great and little boys running about in long blue coats, which, like robes, reach quite down to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/you-see-in-the-streets-of-london-great-and-little-boys-running-about/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/on-a-very-gloomy-dismal-day-just-such-a-one-as-it-ought-to-be-i-went/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [My landlady, who is only a tailor's widow, reads her Milton; and tells me, that her late husband first fell in love with her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/my-landlady-who-is-only-a-tailor-s-widow-reads-her-milton-and-tells/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/a-traveller-on-foot-in-this-country-seems-to-be-considered-as-a-sort/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [My host at Richmond, yesterday morning, could not sufficiently express his surprise that I intended to venture to walk as far as Oxford, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/my-host-at-richmond-yesterday-morning-could-not-sufficiently-express/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

> [It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-philipp-moritz/it-is-a-common-observation-that-the-more-solicitous-any-people-are/)

[Karl Philipp Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-philipp-moritz/)

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