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... ciple of his Policy . Chance of retaining the Swedish Crown . Why ineffective . - Policy of Russia , -Policy of England . - Conclusion - - - - Calmar Union.- Policy of Europe.- 377 OBSERVATIONS , & c . & c . CHAPTER I. xii CONTENTS .
... ciple of his Policy . Chance of retaining the Swedish Crown . Why ineffective . - Policy of Russia , -Policy of England . - Conclusion - - - - Calmar Union.- Policy of Europe.- 377 OBSERVATIONS , & c . & c . CHAPTER I. xii CONTENTS .
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... crown , and ruled the country amidst perpetual factions , tumult , and bloodshed . The Swedish historian Geyer , one of the most acute and philosophic of modern histo- rians , observes that the history of the Swedish nation is but the ...
... crown , and ruled the country amidst perpetual factions , tumult , and bloodshed . The Swedish historian Geyer , one of the most acute and philosophic of modern histo- rians , observes that the history of the Swedish nation is but the ...
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... crown as spiritual and temporal superior . " It was the influ- ence of the clergy and the crown upon the third estate in the diet , that of the burgesses wearied out with the oppressive privileges of the nobility , that carried the ...
... crown as spiritual and temporal superior . " It was the influ- ence of the clergy and the crown upon the third estate in the diet , that of the burgesses wearied out with the oppressive privileges of the nobility , that carried the ...
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... crown were to exert its theoretically ab- solute power by appointing any other candidate , or in public affairs adopting any other measure than the one recommended by the college under which the office or business stands , there would ...
... crown were to exert its theoretically ab- solute power by appointing any other candidate , or in public affairs adopting any other measure than the one recommended by the college under which the office or business stands , there would ...
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... crown prince . But names are stubborn things , and the new name could not be brought into use among the people , and is already obsolete . Carl- stad is a kind of outpost of Gottenburg , and seems to have a good country trade . A mile ...
... crown prince . But names are stubborn things , and the new name could not be brought into use among the people , and is already obsolete . Carl- stad is a kind of outpost of Gottenburg , and seems to have a good country trade . A mile ...
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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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