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BRAHESBORG.
Chap. XLIX.
of ugliness in Denmark, from the middle of the
17th century till the commencement of the 18th—
houses imposing from their size alone. The apartments
are grand and spacious. The portraits of the sovereigns
of the house of Oldenborg give dignity to the mansion;
an old loyal custom, now nearly out of fashion. It is
astonishing how few of Thorvaldsen’s works are to be
found in his native land. Brahe sborg is an exception;
for here we have the Kneeling Ganymede, work of the
artist himself. All Denmark is now in full vacation
—Sorø and Herlufsholm, Copenhagen, Odense, and
the high schools of the provinces; in each manor we
find a merry party of youth of both sexes—twelve or
fourteen cousins and relatives—spending their holidays
together. To those who have dwelt in France, where
offspring are scarce, such an assemblage appears quite
patriarchal, but the chateaux are large, and the hearts
of the proprietors as large as their dwelling-houses are
spacious. I have seldom come across more happy,
joyous family-parties than during my residence in
Denmark. Everything is ample and liberal at the
table—well served and no display. The men-servants
wait, but, if the family are extra numerous, the women
aid in the service. People here all know their position,
and are quite above vulgar absurdities.
And now my sojourn in Funen is merely a series of
hospitalities received. Holstenshuus, where we passed
another pleasant day, the seat of Baron Holsten, not
far from Faaborg, more remarkable for the glorious
view over the Little Belt and the Danish Archipelago
than for its mansion, an old striped house, an autumn
pied-à-terre of the proprietor.
At one mile distant from Svendborg we have
Hvid
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