A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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... carried across this lake at its narrowest part , have been razed , 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 ...
... carried across this lake at its narrowest part , have been razed , 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 ...
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... carried the abolition of all restriction upon the absolute power of the monarch . When Frederic III . in 1660 , obtained this absolute power , he esta- blished five colleges or departments for the public business , of which the ...
... carried the abolition of all restriction upon the absolute power of the monarch . When Frederic III . in 1660 , obtained this absolute power , he esta- blished five colleges or departments for the public business , of which the ...
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... carry on the public affairs intrusted to them ; and , in fact , the majority of the members of these colleges do not by birth , belong to the class of no- bility . All state affairs are considered , all state measures resolved upon ...
... carry on the public affairs intrusted to them ; and , in fact , the majority of the members of these colleges do not by birth , belong to the class of no- bility . All state affairs are considered , all state measures resolved upon ...
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... carried on by the Danish government , at a regular yearly loss . It . appears to have been a kind of disease in this government , engendered no doubt by the practice of interfering in every branch of industry with its regulations , to ...
... carried on by the Danish government , at a regular yearly loss . It . appears to have been a kind of disease in this government , engendered no doubt by the practice of interfering in every branch of industry with its regulations , to ...
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... carry , as all Norwegian travellers do , a little box with provisions in my cariole , dine under the shade of a rock , and only trouble myself about inns towards evening . From want of forage in the country , and grass being as yet ...
... carry , as all Norwegian travellers do , a little box with provisions in my cariole , dine under the shade of a rock , and only trouble myself about inns towards evening . From want of forage in the country , and grass being as yet ...
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| Title | A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature 1450-1850 Making of the modern economy |
| Author | Samuel Laing |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 May 2008 |
| Length | 431 pages |
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