A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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To collect ordinary facts of common occurrence in a country , and to draw from them obvious conclusions on the state of its inhabitants , is not a work in which talent and genius are specially required , or from which much literary ...
To collect ordinary facts of common occurrence in a country , and to draw from them obvious conclusions on the state of its inhabitants , is not a work in which talent and genius are specially required , or from which much literary ...
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By the articles of their union , each nation is entitled to its own commercial flag , and as a war flag , the two countries were to use a union flag common to both . The share of each country in this common flag not having been defined ...
By the articles of their union , each nation is entitled to its own commercial flag , and as a war flag , the two countries were to use a union flag common to both . The share of each country in this common flag not having been defined ...
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This was considered by the Norwegians as no fair representation of the union of two independent countries under a common flag , but having so few ships in the public service , it was not much regarded . The Norwegians used only their ...
This was considered by the Norwegians as no fair representation of the union of two independent countries under a common flag , but having so few ships in the public service , it was not much regarded . The Norwegians used only their ...
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... be detained at every post station for several hours . I made several short excursions in this beautiful neighbourhood . I was surprised to find some implements of husbandry in common use here , which are not generally found even in ...
... be detained at every post station for several hours . I made several short excursions in this beautiful neighbourhood . I was surprised to find some implements of husbandry in common use here , which are not generally found even in ...
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There is also a good practice in harrowing , not so common in many parts of Scotland as it ought to be . Instead of dragging round the harrow at the end of each rig , in order to go up the next , by which the earth in the head rigs is ...
There is also a good practice in harrowing , not so common in many parts of Scotland as it ought to be . Instead of dragging round the harrow at the end of each rig , in order to go up the next , by which the earth in the head rigs is ...
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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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