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who had resided in the university. Also a few by Holbein, among 
which, the portraits of Luther and Erasmus, pleased me the most. 
A full-length likeness of Charles XII. of Sweden, by Schroeder, 
is uncommonly well finished; of the same size, and next to it, 
hangs the portrait of Frederic William I. King of Prussia. The 
physiognomy of the former, and the entire form, are expressive 
of the great and original genius of that monarch; there is some¬ 
thing abhorrent, pedantic, and tyrannical in the features of the 
latter. 
The library contains several models of Grecian architecture, 
which are skilful imitations in plaster; also a model of the Par¬ 
thenon at Athens, which very agreeably recalled to my mind 
Philadelphia and the Bank of the United States. Here is like¬ 
wise to be seen a model of the Amphitheatre of Verona, cut in cork, 
and an elegant collection of the Elgin marble bas reliefs, well imi¬ 
tated in plaster. A full-length statue of one pf the Lords of War¬ 
wick, in bronze, representing him in a warlike costume, is also 
well worthy of the attention of travellers. 
After having here satisfied my curiosity, I went to the Radcliff 
Library, which is built in the form of a cupola, in order to enjoy 
a view of the city from its roof. Fortunately the weather was 
very clear, which seldom occurs in England, and as there are no 
manufactories and steam-engines in Oxford, the atmosphere is not 
obscured by coal smoke. The city, owing to its ancient university 
and churches, has a singular appearance, and though I had seen 
during my travels a great many cities, still I found none to be 
compared with Oxford. The university, its twenty colleges, and 
five halls, have the appearance of so many old castles: such is also 
the appearance of the Bodleian Library, that stands near the Rad¬ 
cliff library. In the court-yard of the former, there is a gate, in 
which the five orders of architecture are placed over each other, 
which produces a strange effect. Near the gate are four Tuscan 
pillars, over these four Doric, above these four Ionic, and again 
over these four Corinthian, and this strange conjunction is termi¬ 
nated by four Roman columns. Two columns are always joined 
together. Between the fourth row, the statue of James I. stands 
in a niche, next which, on the right, as I believe, there is a Mi¬ 
nerva, and on the left the university is personified by a kneeling 
figure, to whom the learned king most graciously tenders his own 
works. Four thousand students are said to belong to the univer¬ 
sity, but there were very few then present, it being vacation 
time. Therefore the city with its ancient buildings, looked 
rather dull. 
At twelve o’clock, noon, on the 19th of July, I left Oxford in 
the post-chaise, and proceeded to London, which although fifty** 
eight miles from Oxford, I reached in six hours. It is incredi- 
