A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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... mile distance , all is as still and quiet as if there was not a town within a hundred miles . There is no movement on the roads , no hurry or bustle of business . The great commercial capital of the merchants of Hamburgh gives no ...
... mile distance , all is as still and quiet as if there was not a town within a hundred miles . There is no movement on the roads , no hurry or bustle of business . The great commercial capital of the merchants of Hamburgh gives no ...
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... miles over a good road . The country through which we passed is well cultivated , the fields large , and be- longing apparently to farms of considerable extent ; but no regular course of crops is kept , at least no distinct proportions ...
... miles over a good road . The country through which we passed is well cultivated , the fields large , and be- longing apparently to farms of considerable extent ; but no regular course of crops is kept , at least no distinct proportions ...
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... mile in length , or above 1460 yards . I found a comfortable little country inn at this place , and proceeded next day ... miles . This locality deserves the attentive examination of the geologist . It appears to contain three distinct ...
... mile in length , or above 1460 yards . I found a comfortable little country inn at this place , and proceeded next day ... miles . This locality deserves the attentive examination of the geologist . It appears to contain three distinct ...
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... miles more inland . I have taken this road . The country from Christiania to this single house has already in the 30 or 35 miles of easterly di- rection , lost the characteristic features of Norway the ridges and glens . My day's ...
... miles more inland . I have taken this road . The country from Christiania to this single house has already in the 30 or 35 miles of easterly di- rection , lost the characteristic features of Norway the ridges and glens . My day's ...
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... this evening . It is situated at the head of the Wener lake , upon a little island , between two mouths of a magnificent river , the Klar - elv . About twenty miles up this river , at Dyefors , there OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 27.
... this evening . It is situated at the head of the Wener lake , upon a little island , between two mouths of a magnificent river , the Klar - elv . About twenty miles up this river , at Dyefors , there OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 27.
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