"Although we cannot see its streets crowded with 100,000
inhabitants, as did those who visited it in the Sixteenth
Century, nor can we fully endorse the description of Leyden
given by the old French writer in his book, Les Delices de
Leide, yet we can sympathise to some extent with him when
he says: "The most beautiful and altogether charming city
of Holland is Leyden."
pp. 191-92"Holland and Delft" by Richard Lovett in Holland as seen and described by famous writers (1906) Edited by Esther Singleton
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