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... give a sketch of the present social condition of the Norwegian people , I consi- dered it necessary , in order to complete the view of the present moral , political , and economical state of the inhabitants of the Scandinavian penin ...
... give a sketch of the present social condition of the Norwegian people , I consi- dered it necessary , in order to complete the view of the present moral , political , and economical state of the inhabitants of the Scandinavian penin ...
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... gives the traveller no favourable impression of the spirit of the go- vernment . It is a duty of eightpence upon each parcel - my portmanteau pays eightpence , and Mr. Rothschild's chest of gold pays no more . A carpet bag and a ...
... gives the traveller no favourable impression of the spirit of the go- vernment . It is a duty of eightpence upon each parcel - my portmanteau pays eightpence , and Mr. Rothschild's chest of gold pays no more . A carpet bag and a ...
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... gives no employment to the main body of the lower and middle classes in the adja- cent country . A third rate manufacturing town with us , as for instance Wakefield or Dundee , ex- tends a beneficial influence on the industry , means of ...
... gives no employment to the main body of the lower and middle classes in the adja- cent country . A third rate manufacturing town with us , as for instance Wakefield or Dundee , ex- tends a beneficial influence on the industry , means of ...
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... give Sweden a false importance as a commercial country at their expense ; and as an alarming in- fringement of their constitution , by giving the effect of law to royal edicts without the concurrence of their storthing . By the French ...
... give Sweden a false importance as a commercial country at their expense ; and as an alarming in- fringement of their constitution , by giving the effect of law to royal edicts without the concurrence of their storthing . By the French ...
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... gives you the impression of a self - acting power rather than of a process following warmth and moisture . The coltsfoot and the strawberry plants seem to have thawed a little circle of snow around themselves , and to be in full ...
... gives you the impression of a self - acting power rather than of a process following warmth and moisture . The coltsfoot and the strawberry plants seem to have thawed a little circle of snow around themselves , and to be in full ...
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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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