A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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Page 11
... better . " " The blind obedience which is destructive of national liberty is , he conceives , more firmly established in the northern kingdoms , by the entire and sole depend- ence of the clergy upon the prince , without the ...
... better . " " The blind obedience which is destructive of national liberty is , he conceives , more firmly established in the northern kingdoms , by the entire and sole depend- ence of the clergy upon the prince , without the ...
Page 24
... better soils of the Danish islands , close at hand , affording better and cheaper grain , will probably always prevent those of the second quality from being cultivated to advantage , or the first from yielding a rent , unless as ...
... better soils of the Danish islands , close at hand , affording better and cheaper grain , will probably always prevent those of the second quality from being cultivated to advantage , or the first from yielding a rent , unless as ...
Page 27
... better than on the Norwegian side . A little way from the village , on the road side , I observed an inscription cut out in lapidary style in a large piece of rock " In the years 1772 and 1788 , Gustavus III . travelled this way to ...
... better than on the Norwegian side . A little way from the village , on the road side , I observed an inscription cut out in lapidary style in a large piece of rock " In the years 1772 and 1788 , Gustavus III . travelled this way to ...
Page 28
... better fish for the table , than these , or even the Baltic salmon ; but I could not learn that there was any apparent difference in size or form . The river , which is occasionally a branch of the Glommen , runs through several narrow ...
... better fish for the table , than these , or even the Baltic salmon ; but I could not learn that there was any apparent difference in size or form . The river , which is occasionally a branch of the Glommen , runs through several narrow ...
Page 31
... better farmed , and in every way even in the transport by water of its staple product , timber , from the most remote recesses - better adapted for supporting its population , than any part of Norway . This part of Sweden also is ...
... better farmed , and in every way even in the transport by water of its staple product , timber , from the most remote recesses - better adapted for supporting its population , than any part of Norway . This part of Sweden also is ...
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