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... theory is the most unlimited and legitimately absolute of any in Europe , is practically moved by a machinery more democratic , that is , less exclusively in the alone of the community , than hands of one class 12 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
... theory is the most unlimited and legitimately absolute of any in Europe , is practically moved by a machinery more democratic , that is , less exclusively in the alone of the community , than hands of one class 12 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
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... less than 300 feet above sea level , that is , less than 153 feet above the level of the Wener , which is 147 feet above the sea . The Wener at present is known to have a differ- ence of ten feet between its highest and lowest 38 level ...
... less than 300 feet above sea level , that is , less than 153 feet above the level of the Wener , which is 147 feet above the sea . The Wener at present is known to have a differ- ence of ten feet between its highest and lowest 38 level ...
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... less than 80 tons burden , and fitted out to stand bad weather . The navigation of the lake is not without its dangers . The coun- try from Carlstad to this place is flat , with numerous hummocks , hills , or islands of gneiss rising ...
... less than 80 tons burden , and fitted out to stand bad weather . The navigation of the lake is not without its dangers . The coun- try from Carlstad to this place is flat , with numerous hummocks , hills , or islands of gneiss rising ...
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... of the well - being and prosperity of the country people . The wages of common country labour are much less here than in Norway - the only travellers in- deed I met on the road were labourers going to D 2 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 35.
... of the well - being and prosperity of the country people . The wages of common country labour are much less here than in Norway - the only travellers in- deed I met on the road were labourers going to D 2 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 35.
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... less of it from the simple necessaries to bestow on the gratifications of life . But why are wages less in this richer country ? Here are canals , steam boats , iron works , inland trade , and a great extent of land in cultivation in ...
... less of it from the simple necessaries to bestow on the gratifications of life . But why are wages less in this richer country ? Here are canals , steam boats , iron works , inland trade , and a great extent of land in cultivation in ...
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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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