Citations:towns


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * I did not know the names of the towns that I was to pass through, nor could I ask information from a single human being; but I did not despair.
 * In one spot you view rugged hills, ruined castles overlooking tremendous precipices, with the dark Rhine rushing beneath; and on the sudden turn of a promontory, flourishing vineyards with green sloping banks and a meandering river and populous towns occupy the scene.