[A Wanderer in Holland by E. V. Lucas]@TWC D-Link bookA Wanderer in Holland CHAPTER IX 33/47
Charles Lamb's friend Fell paid a ducat to the organist and half a crown to the blower, and heard as much as he wanted.
He found the vox humana "the voice of a psalm-singing clerk".
Other travellers have been more fortunate.
Ireland tells us that when Handel played this organ the organist took him either for an angel or a devil. Among Haarlem's architectural attractions is the very interesting Meat Market, hard by the great church, one of the most agreeable pieces of floridity between the Middelburg stadhuis and the Leeuwarden chancellerie.
There is also the fine Amsterdam Gate, on the road to Amsterdam. In the Teyler Museum, on the Spaarne, is a poor collection of modern oil paintings, some good modern water colours and a very fine collection of drawings by the masters, including several Rembrandts.
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