had no power over his crew, and no license
to put 'em in the Bilboes, or have 'em up at the gangway to be Drubbed
soundly when they deserved it? And these Reforming Sovereigns, as they
call 'em, are only making, to my mind, Rods for their own Backs, and
Halters for their own Necks. Where would the Crown and Majesty be now, I
wonder, if His Blessed Majesty had given way to the Impudent Demands of
Mr. Washington and the American Rebels?[E]

The Streets of Vienna, when I first visited that capital, were very
close and narrow--so narrow, indeed, that the fine fronts of the Palaces
(which are very Grand) can scarcely be seen. Many of 'em deserve close
observation, being truly Superb, all built of Fine White Stone, and
excessive high, the town being much too little for the number of its
inhabitants. But the Builders seem to have repaired that Misfortune by
clapping one town on the top of another, most of the Houses being of
Five and some of Six Stories. The Streets being so narrow, the rooms are
all exceeding Dark, and never so humble a mansion but has half a dozen
families living in it. In the Handsomest even all Ranks and Conditions
are Mingled together pellmell. You shall find Field-Marshals,
Lieutenants, Aulic Councillors, and Great Court Ladies divided but by a
thin partition from the cabins of Tailors and Shoemakers; and few even
of the Quality could afford a House to themselves, or had more than Two
Floors in a House--one for their own use, and another for their
Domestics. It was the Dead Season of the year when we came to this
City, and so, at not so very enormous a rate, we got a suite of six or
eight large rooms all inlaid, the Doors and Windows richly carved and
gilt, and the Furniture such as is rarely seen but in the Palaces of
Sovereign Princes in other countries; the Hangings in finest tapestry of
Brussels, prodigious large looking-glasses in silver frames (in making
which they are exceeding Expert); fine Japan Tables, Beds, Chairs,
Canopies, and Curtains of the richest Genoa Damask or Velvet, almost
covered with gold lace or embroidery. The whole made Gay by Pictures, or
Great Jars of Porcelain; in almost every room large lustres of pure
Crystal; and every thing as dirty as a Secondhand Clothes dealer's booth
in Rag Fair.

We were not much invited out at Vienna, the very Highest Quality only
being admitted to their company by the Austrians, who are the very
Haughtiest and most exclusive among the High Dutch,