Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Scandinavia |
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... clear nights of the north , I was roving through the rooms , or gazing from the windows , to the horror of my cold - dreading hosts . To - day , however , the 8th day of November , the weather is cold enough to herald the approach of a ...
... clear nights of the north , I was roving through the rooms , or gazing from the windows , to the horror of my cold - dreading hosts . To - day , however , the 8th day of November , the weather is cold enough to herald the approach of a ...
Page 50
... clear , so vigorous , this cold soon became pleasant to me ; I enjoy it a thousand times more than the dark , damp weather which has passed . My view has more than realised my Grefve's prediction ; it is becoming my constant companion ...
... clear , so vigorous , this cold soon became pleasant to me ; I enjoy it a thousand times more than the dark , damp weather which has passed . My view has more than realised my Grefve's prediction ; it is becoming my constant companion ...
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... clear , so invigorating , but at times so intensely cold , that I felt one day when there was some wind , as if I must be cut in two . The views in Stockholm , and its beautiful environs , are now most charming . Everything looks so ...
... clear , so invigorating , but at times so intensely cold , that I felt one day when there was some wind , as if I must be cut in two . The views in Stockholm , and its beautiful environs , are now most charming . Everything looks so ...
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... clear air , the still crimson horizon , and the house - lights spark- ling here , there , everywhere , have a cheering influ- There is not yet any gas in the city of Stockholm ; they will have it soon , as well as a ence . railway ; but ...
... clear air , the still crimson horizon , and the house - lights spark- ling here , there , everywhere , have a cheering influ- There is not yet any gas in the city of Stockholm ; they will have it soon , as well as a ence . railway ; but ...
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... clear starlight . Everything is so clear , so distinct ; all looks so large , so open , so white ; the space one sees around is so great . The heights of Södor are studded with houses , climbing up them in a singular manner from the ...
... clear starlight . Everything is so clear , so distinct ; all looks so large , so open , so white ; the space one sees around is so great . The heights of Södor are studded with houses , climbing up them in a singular manner from the ...
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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.