A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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... period that has occurred in the history of the human race . New powers , it may be said , have been granted to man during this period - new intellectual power , by the general diffusion of knowledge through the pressnew physical power ...
... period that has occurred in the history of the human race . New powers , it may be said , have been granted to man during this period - new intellectual power , by the general diffusion of knowledge through the pressnew physical power ...
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... period , because these two nations , although the furthest removed from the agitation of the French revolution , have by a singular chance , been affected by it more permanently , and one of them more beneficially , than any others in ...
... period , because these two nations , although the furthest removed from the agitation of the French revolution , have by a singular chance , been affected by it more permanently , and one of them more beneficially , than any others in ...
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... period have held extensive fresh water lakes . This I in- fer from the great 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 ...
... period have held extensive fresh water lakes . This I in- fer from the great 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 ...
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... period , there was a considerable trade , or rather intercourse , between the nations . carried on by Scotch traders , or properly pedlars , frequenting the fairs in the Swedish provinces on the other side of the Baltic : and Polish ...
... period , there was a considerable trade , or rather intercourse , between the nations . carried on by Scotch traders , or properly pedlars , frequenting the fairs in the Swedish provinces on the other side of the Baltic : and Polish ...
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... period , although evidently branches from the same root , as appears by comparing the Saga of Saint Olaf with the Anglo - Saxon laws of his con- temporary , Canute the Great . Comparing also these specimens of the two languages in the ...
... period , although evidently branches from the same root , as appears by comparing the Saga of Saint Olaf with the Anglo - Saxon laws of his con- temporary , Canute the Great . Comparing also these specimens of the two languages in the ...
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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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