A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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... eight guns , which apparently has passed her youth in the English revenue service , as she has an English name , and levying a duty upon all goods passing up and down , in direct contravention of the con- B 2 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 8.
... eight guns , which apparently has passed her youth in the English revenue service , as she has an English name , and levying a duty upon all goods passing up and down , in direct contravention of the con- B 2 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 8.
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... 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 equity being considered , but merely the ...
... 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 equity being considered , but merely the ...
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... small proportion of the labouring class , while the town duties on the transit of goods , however moderate , yield to the town - council or state a large revenue for levying and supporting its contingent B 3 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 5.
... small proportion of the labouring class , while the town duties on the transit of goods , however moderate , yield to the town - council or state a large revenue for levying and supporting its contingent B 3 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN . 5.
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... duties , and such objects as reproduce no- thing , it is not extraordinary that the people are sunk in poverty and sloth , although occupying the richest soil and most advantageous situation in the north of Europe . Drammen , May . I ...
... duties , and such objects as reproduce no- thing , it is not extraordinary that the people are sunk in poverty and sloth , although occupying the richest soil and most advantageous situation in the north of Europe . Drammen , May . I ...
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... duties , have been adequate to supply the wants of the nation hitherto ; so that their lands of second quality are only now beginning to be brought into cultivation , and rather for convenience than for food . The first quality of land ...
... duties , have been adequate to supply the wants of the nation hitherto ; so that their lands of second quality are only now beginning to be brought into cultivation , and rather for convenience than for food . The first quality of land ...
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