The narrative of a journey undertaken in the years 1819, 1820 and 1821 through France, Italy, Savoy, Switzerland, parts of Germany bordering on the Rhine, Holland and the Netherlands; comprising incidents that occurred to the author, who has long suffered under a total deprivation of sight / [James Holman].

  • James Holman
Date:
1825
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Credit: The narrative of a journey undertaken in the years 1819, 1820 and 1821 through France, Italy, Savoy, Switzerland, parts of Germany bordering on the Rhine, Holland and the Netherlands; comprising incidents that occurred to the author, who has long suffered under a total deprivation of sight / [James Holman]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On this account, it may not be superfluous, to enter upon a brief history of his misfortune, as in- i troductory to an explanation of the motives which have influenced him in bringing forward the pre- sent publication. Destined to the naval service of his country, his exclusive attention, for some years, was devo- ted to the attainment of that professional know- ledge, which he hoped might lead to honourable distinction; how far these views were likely to have been crowned with success, it will now be useless to state; it is sufficient to say, that at the age of twenty-five, while in the very bloom of ex- pectation, his prospects were irrecoverably blight- ed by the effects of an illness, resulting from his professional duties, and which left him deprived of all the advantages of “ heavens prime de- cree,”—wholly—and, he fears, permanently blind, “ Total eclipse! nor sun; nor moon; All dark amidst the blaze of noon.” After the distressing feelings which accompa- nied the first shock of this bodily privation, had
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