A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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Page iv
... ancient institutions , laws , and governments , which are retarding or accelerating the progress these classes to a condition of higher moral and physical well - being , are objects particularly deserv- ing the attention of the ...
... ancient institutions , laws , and governments , which are retarding or accelerating the progress these classes to a condition of higher moral and physical well - being , are objects particularly deserv- ing the attention of the ...
Page v
... 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 consi- dered it necessary , in order to complete the view ...
... 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 consi- dered it necessary , in order to complete the view ...
Page xi
... Ancient Town Walls . - Ruins . Ancient Greatness . Old Churches . Saxon and Norman Style of Architecture in Churches built in 1086.- Purity of Taste . Marks on old Tombs . - Port of Wisby . - A Country . Price of Land . Soil . - Climate ...
... Ancient Town Walls . - Ruins . Ancient Greatness . Old Churches . Saxon and Norman Style of Architecture in Churches built in 1086.- Purity of Taste . Marks on old Tombs . - Port of Wisby . - A Country . Price of Land . Soil . - Climate ...
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... ancient history , connecting her earliest exploits with the fate of other countries . She had no Harold Haarfagre in the ninth century , driving her nobility and their followers to the high seas , to conquer new homes and kingdoms in ...
... ancient history , connecting her earliest exploits with the fate of other countries . She had no Harold Haarfagre in the ninth century , driving her nobility and their followers to the high seas , to conquer new homes and kingdoms in ...
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... ancient social machinery . But it seems to be with nations as with individuals - it is not what is done for people , but what people do for themselves , that acts upon their character and condition . From being altogether passive , and ...
... ancient social machinery . But it seems to be with nations as with individuals - it is not what is done for people , but what people do for themselves , that acts upon their character and condition . From being altogether passive , and ...
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