Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Scandinavia |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 40
Page 6
... answers . Then a half whisper to a lady who is knitting beside her , lets out more of the secret : " A relation of mine married an Englishwoman ; she knew nothing , nothing at all of our house- keeping ; they are so droll , those ...
... answers . Then a half whisper to a lady who is knitting beside her , lets out more of the secret : " A relation of mine married an Englishwoman ; she knew nothing , nothing at all of our house- keeping ; they are so droll , those ...
Page 14
... answered gravely , " I do not know how . " Another showed me some Scotch tartan , and told me it was not permitted to enter Sweden ; and to a similar inquiry as to the manner in which the rebellious invaders crept in , replied that he ...
... answered gravely , " I do not know how . " Another showed me some Scotch tartan , and told me it was not permitted to enter Sweden ; and to a similar inquiry as to the manner in which the rebellious invaders crept in , replied that he ...
Page 19
... answer to her terrified exclamation , he replied , " I am making myself lively . " The story , however , tells better in French . I do not know whether a facility in obtaining divorce renders married life more generally tran- quil or ...
... answer to her terrified exclamation , he replied , " I am making myself lively . " The story , however , tells better in French . I do not know whether a facility in obtaining divorce renders married life more generally tran- quil or ...
Page 26
... answered . The good woman lifted up her hands , and head , and eyes , and burst out laughing . " Madame , you know nothing . I advise you never to say that again in our country ; they would laugh at that here ; they would see you had ...
... answered . The good woman lifted up her hands , and head , and eyes , and burst out laughing . " Madame , you know nothing . I advise you never to say that again in our country ; they would laugh at that here ; they would see you had ...
Page 32
... answered to this remark of mine by saying , that such observances were form merely , a cere- mony observed as a custom alone . " But outward things are what we have to do with , " I replied . " There is only One who can see that the ...
... answered to this remark of mine by saying , that such observances were form merely , a cere- mony observed as a custom alone . " But outward things are what we have to do with , " I replied . " There is only One who can see that the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
altar amusing appear asked ball beautiful bound bride bright called Catholic ceremony certainly charming Cheaper Edition Christmas Church of Sweden cold Court curious curtsey Dalecarlian dancing dark dinner door double food dress England English Frederika Bremer French Fröken girl Grefven Grefvinnan Gustaf Gustaf Adolfs Torg Gustavus III hand head heard HENRY COLBURN honour Horace Walpole hostess Jul-Afton Karin King lady lantern light Linquist look Madame Majesty Mälar married morning never night Norrbro o'clock Palace Peerages of Scotland persons pleasant poor post 8vo prayer present priest Princess Queen replied round royal salong scene seemed seen servants Skeppsholmen sledge smile snow speak Stockholm stone stairs strange stranger streets supper Sweden Swedish Church Swedish language Swedish nobility thing thought told Torg vols walk winter wish words young
Popular passages
Page 301 - Hear the sledges with the bells — Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Page 336 - For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth; so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.