Dositej Obradović [ Travel ]
… Latin and Greek, German, French and Italian, but he had not yet learned English. Yet inspired as he was by his view of England as the promised land of contemporary culture, he was soon proficient in English. He was then able to come into … his friendships. Upon arrival in Dover, Obradović could not understand a single word: So here I was, thank God, in England, a country famous for ages, which I had long desired to see, in the city of Dover! When I was travelling through … and having little or no contact with other people. Due to his poor financial situation, Obradović was about to leave England when a series of fortuitous events enabled him to extend his stay: at the beginning of 1785, his Greek friend, …
Cosmopolitanism | Dissent | Enlightenment | Scotland
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