. Travels through Denmark, Sweden, Austria, and part of Italy, in 1798 & 1799. The females of the middling ranks are, in my opinion, much,more agreeable company than the men ; their manners are moreeasy, and their address more engaging. In society they havemore of what is called conversation than their husbands and bro-thers. They are lively, agreeable, unaffected, and French, which is spoken by almost all women of educa-tion, many understand English, and some speak that languagewith great accuracy. Ameng the men it is likewise cultivated ;and some families of rank possess
. Travels through Denmark, Sweden, Austria, and part of Italy, in 1798 & 1799. The females of the middling ranks are, in my opinion, much,more agreeable company than the men ; their manners are moreeasy, and their address more engaging. In society they havemore of what is called conversation than their husbands and bro-thers. They are lively, agreeable, unaffected, and French, which is spoken by almost all women of educa-tion, many understand English, and some speak that languagewith great accuracy. Ameng the men it is likewise cultivated ;and some families of rank possess considerable libraries of Eng-lish, books. The large, handsome shop of Degen, the book-seller, proves that English works are in great request. Music is likewise much cultivated by both sexes; and thereare female performers, both vocal and instrumental, who, if theywere of the profession, would be placed in the highest rank. Itmay, I think, with justice be asserted, that the females ofVienna are not exceeded in beauty by auy in Europe. Their fea-tures are perhaps less expre
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