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... Spirit of the Govern- ment . Of the People . - Unfounded Calumnies against the - Character of the Monarch . - Emancipation of the Jews . - Treaty with Russia . --Land in Sweden . Hemmans . - - - ―― - In- soken , Utsoken . Sateri ...
... Spirit of the Govern- ment . Of the People . - Unfounded Calumnies against the - Character of the Monarch . - Emancipation of the Jews . - Treaty with Russia . --Land in Sweden . Hemmans . - - - ―― - In- soken , Utsoken . Sateri ...
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... spirit of the go- vernment . It is a duty of eightpence upon each parcel - my portmanteau pays eightpence , and Mr. Rothschild's chest of gold pays no more . A carpet bag and a woolpack pay the same duty , neither value , bulk , nor ...
... spirit of the go- vernment . It is a duty of eightpence upon each parcel - my portmanteau pays eightpence , and Mr. Rothschild's chest of gold pays no more . A carpet bag and a woolpack pay the same duty , neither value , bulk , nor ...
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... - ment has taken place , although not produced by the effect of the commercial capital of Hamburgh upon the spirit of the people , but by the fiat of the Danish government . Forty years ago I travelled this road 6 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
... - ment has taken place , although not produced by the effect of the commercial capital of Hamburgh upon the spirit of the people , but by the fiat of the Danish government . Forty years ago I travelled this road 6 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
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... spirit of improvement among the people themselves ; and this spirit is kept down and ex- tinguished by the principle of the interference of government in all things , even in branches of private industry . I saw here this morning by the ...
... spirit of improvement among the people themselves ; and this spirit is kept down and ex- tinguished by the principle of the interference of government in all things , even in branches of private industry . I saw here this morning by the ...
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... spirit of conservation , keeping in order , and in a neat state , all his property . I observe that not one house has runs or water spouts at the roof , and very few porches with benches at the door , for the house - father to sit on ...
... spirit of conservation , keeping in order , and in a neat state , all his property . I observe that not one house has runs or water spouts at the roof , and very few porches with benches at the door , for the house - father to sit on ...
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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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