A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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The old fortifications of the city , which were 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 ...
The old fortifications of the city , which were 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 ...
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These stones strike the eye as strangers in the country , for they are rounded masses of gneiss , granite , hornblende , and other primary rock , and the ground rock where it can be seen , is of a totally different formation ...
These stones strike the eye as strangers in the country , for they are rounded masses of gneiss , granite , hornblende , and other primary rock , and the ground rock where it can be seen , is of a totally different formation ...
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From these cisterns the saturated solution is pumped up into troughs about 40 feet above the level of the ground , which deliver it among fascines of brush wood through which it trickles into reservoirs below .
From these cisterns the saturated solution is pumped up into troughs about 40 feet above the level of the ground , which deliver it among fascines of brush wood through which it trickles into reservoirs below .
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... navigate the Mediterranean without passports , fees , or treaties , and at the same rate of insurance as other vessels . The very pretext , - therefore , of the order had fallen to the ground 18 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
... navigate the Mediterranean without passports , fees , or treaties , and at the same rate of insurance as other vessels . The very pretext , - therefore , of the order had fallen to the ground 18 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
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therefore , of the order had fallen to the ground , and the disgust in Norway at the unconstitutional continuance of it , had arisen to an alarming pitch . The sudden dissolution of the last storthing was attributed to the apprehension ...
therefore , of the order had fallen to the ground , and the disgust in Norway at the unconstitutional continuance of it , had arisen to an alarming pitch . The sudden dissolution of the last storthing was attributed to the apprehension ...
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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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