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Identifier: hungary00stok (find matches)
Title: Hungary
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Stokes, Adrian, 1854-1935 Stokes, Marianne
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Publisher: London : A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ngethey belonged to a superior people. A man,evidently of foreign extraction, will then (I haveseen it done) tap his chest and proudly proclaim, I am Magyar! with an air that conveys themeaning, 1 am noble, chivalrous, and brave. Itis generally easy for Jews to translate their namesliterally, but sometimes they adopt fancy names.Many a Wolf has become Farkas (theHungarian equivalent), and we met a hand-some Mr. Steiner who changed his name toSello(Nymph). Our own experiences of Budapest were, for themost part, similar to those of many other tourists.We found that, if we did not write beforehand toengage rooms, the hotel chosen was full when wearrived. We had heard that everything was moreexpensive than in other cities, and we found thatto be untrue. We found the people we met instreets and tramways extraordinarily courteous tous, as strangers, and often ready to guide us as faras critical corners on our way. We admired their CROSS EMBROIDERED ON A CHASUBLEIn the treasure of Esztergom.
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ESZTERGOM (GRAN), BUDAPEST, AND BAGS 257 fine bearing, the style and cared-for appearance oftheir dress, and their manners—dignified, polite,but never servile in any class. Even the hotelwaiters had more distinction of manner than isusual; but we found that this had its disad-vantages, for it is the custom of the country totip at least three of them after the simplest meal,and the third part of the amount generally givenelsewhere seemed too little to offer to one whocould move like a gentleman and had been mostattentive. We learnt from the natives, however,that no more is expected, and after a timehardened our hearts. On one occasion a friendlylandlord came to our table to ask if we werebeing properly attended to, and politely spoke infavour of Austrian cooking. My wife said shemuch preferred that of Hungary. Perhaps youare right, he admitted: there is more life in it!And that remark applies equally to many otherthings Hungarian, and people: there is more lifein them than in most. W

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