A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page v
... Sweden received a new dynasty , and slumbers on amidst ancient institutions , and social arrangements of darker ages . Having attempted , in a former work , to give a sketch of the present social condition of the Norwegian people , I ...
... Sweden received a new dynasty , and slumbers on amidst ancient institutions , and social arrangements of darker ages . Having attempted , in a former work , to give a sketch of the present social condition of the Norwegian people , I ...
Page viii
... Sweden in the Sixteenth Century . Troops from Scotland . Pedlars . Family Names in Sweden of Scotch Origin . - Language of the Saga . Doubts of their Value as Pictures of the Manners of the Ages they describe . Swedish Soldiers ...
... Sweden in the Sixteenth Century . Troops from Scotland . Pedlars . Family Names in Sweden of Scotch Origin . - Language of the Saga . Doubts of their Value as Pictures of the Manners of the Ages they describe . Swedish Soldiers ...
Page xi
... Sweden . -Jonkiopping . - Taberg . -The Wetter Lake . - The Coun- try between the Wetter and Wener Lakes . Between the Wener Lake and Glommen . - Beds of Shells of existing Species at Uddevalla . Rise of the Land . - Return to Nor- way ...
... Sweden . -Jonkiopping . - Taberg . -The Wetter Lake . - The Coun- try between the Wetter and Wener Lakes . Between the Wener Lake and Glommen . - Beds of Shells of existing Species at Uddevalla . Rise of the Land . - Return to Nor- way ...
Page 4
... , and the ground they occupied laid out in public walks . The water which filled the ditches of the old works now takes its natural course , and the effect of a really fine lake in the middle 4 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
... , and the ground they occupied laid out in public walks . The water which filled the ditches of the old works now takes its natural course , and the effect of a really fine lake in the middle 4 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
Page 7
... - ertion for every improvement . What the govern- ments do in this enlightened age , is generally well done , and really beneficial to the people ; but the hand of government cannot be applied to their mode of B 4 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
... - ertion for every improvement . What the govern- ments do in this enlightened age , is generally well done , and really beneficial to the people ; but the hand of government cannot be applied to their mode of B 4 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ancient appears Baltic called capital character Charles XII church civil civilised clergy cloth coast common condition constitution court crime criminal crop crown cultivation Degerfors diet dollars banco duty dynasty Edition England English estates Europe farm Finland fish functionaries Gefle give Glommen Gothland ground Gustavus Adolphus Gustavus IV Gustavus Vasa hemmans horses industry island king labour lake land land of Sweden Lapland living Majesty manufacturing mass ment miles military moral nation newspaper nobility nobles Norway Norwegian offence parish peasantry peasants peninsula persons political population present principle privileged provinces punishment reckoned religious river road rock rolled stones royal Russia Scotland side Sigtuna skillings banco society soil spirit sterling Stockholm stones storthing Sundsval Sweden Swedish taste taxes tion trade traveller Umea Upsala vessels vols Wener Westerwick whole Wisby yearly