258 GERMANY. British habits, and furniture which reminds one of the houses of the West-end, or of the towns in certain English counties. Along the quays of the Gross-Alster, and outside the city bounds, there are a great number of large houses, which can … Fig. 154. —View of Exterior and Intel ior. neither be called mansions nor country-houses, but which par- take of the characteristics of both these kinds of habitations. They are the villas of the rich merchants of Hamburg, who in fine weather come thither in the evening, for relaxation after the…
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