A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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Page ix
... Poor Scholars . Vegetation . -Angermanland . - Weaving . - State of the People . - Husbandry . - Returns from Seed . - Churches . -Journey . - Rivers.- Sundsval . - Important Position . - Projected Fortification of Vannes . - Stockholm ...
... Poor Scholars . Vegetation . -Angermanland . - Weaving . - State of the People . - Husbandry . - Returns from Seed . - Churches . -Journey . - Rivers.- Sundsval . - Important Position . - Projected Fortification of Vannes . - Stockholm ...
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... poor - rate , and 1470 are slaves , or condemned con- victs , also supported by the public , the value of their labour not maintaining them . The total number thus supported by a public of 1,223,807 ; individuals , is 121,444 persons ...
... poor - rate , and 1470 are slaves , or condemned con- victs , also supported by the public , the value of their labour not maintaining them . The total number thus supported by a public of 1,223,807 ; individuals , is 121,444 persons ...
Page 75
... poor , liv- ing from civil or military employment with small pay ; or on their farms in great obscurity and po- verty . There are few signs of luxury or opulence in Stockholm . The number of private carriages is very small . I counted ...
... poor , liv- ing from civil or military employment with small pay ; or on their farms in great obscurity and po- verty . There are few signs of luxury or opulence in Stockholm . The number of private carriages is very small . I counted ...
Page 113
... poor - law held out in fact a premium to illicit intercourse among the lower classes , if it was followed by subsequent marriage , by the parish allowance for each child born in wedlock . But making all allowance for this , the ...
... poor - law held out in fact a premium to illicit intercourse among the lower classes , if it was followed by subsequent marriage , by the parish allowance for each child born in wedlock . But making all allowance for this , the ...
Page 149
... poor in this country are of great interest to the traveller , as his information may be grounded on more satisfactory data than personal inquiry into isolated facts . There are official statistical returns published by govern- ment ...
... poor in this country are of great interest to the traveller , as his information may be grounded on more satisfactory data than personal inquiry into isolated facts . There are official statistical returns published by govern- ment ...
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