A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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... mass of the people with all its efforts , not even in the most ne- cessary of arts , that of their ordinary transport by water . The canoe exists by the side of the steam- vessel , barbarism by the side of civilised appear- ances ...
... mass of the people with all its efforts , not even in the most ne- cessary of arts , that of their ordinary transport by water . The canoe exists by the side of the steam- vessel , barbarism by the side of civilised appear- ances ...
Page 9
... masses of gneiss , granite , hornblende , and other primary rock , and the ground rock where it can be seen , is of a totally different formation , a sandstone , claystone , or lime- stone , with nothing crystalline in the texture . A ...
... masses of gneiss , granite , hornblende , and other primary rock , and the ground rock where it can be seen , is of a totally different formation , a sandstone , claystone , or lime- stone , with nothing crystalline in the texture . A ...
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... mass of water . After crossing it I followed the course of the river which runs towards the Wener , sometimes as a stream , sometimes as a long winding lake , partly hid by picturesque rocks and trees . The whole country when you look ...
... mass of water . After crossing it I followed the course of the river which runs towards the Wener , sometimes as a stream , sometimes as a long winding lake , partly hid by picturesque rocks and trees . The whole country when you look ...
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... masses of gravel , sharp sand , and rolled stones on the sides and even summits of con- siderable eminences . The connecting ridges be- tween these eminences of primary rock , are often composed of such alluvial banks . The supposed ...
... masses of gravel , sharp sand , and rolled stones on the sides and even summits of con- siderable eminences . The connecting ridges be- tween these eminences of primary rock , are often composed of such alluvial banks . The supposed ...
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... masses of granite , gneiss , and other primary rocks which cover the surface . The whole peninsula , Denmark , and Lower Germany , are strewed over with these erratic blocks , as they are termed by German geologists , and it is ...
... masses of granite , gneiss , and other primary rocks which cover the surface . The whole peninsula , Denmark , and Lower Germany , are strewed over with these erratic blocks , as they are termed by German geologists , and it is ...
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