Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Scandinavia |
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... pleasant days ; but now my beautiful sails , and delightful land and water excursions , must end . The Dahl- kuller are laying up their boats ; and coming round to our doors with a child cradled up in a 2 LIFE IN SWEDEN .
... pleasant days ; but now my beautiful sails , and delightful land and water excursions , must end . The Dahl- kuller are laying up their boats ; and coming round to our doors with a child cradled up in a 2 LIFE IN SWEDEN .
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... coming from the remote or famine - stricken districts , make one cease to wonder that a people , who so love their forest and moun- tain huts , leave them for the ungenial life of the capital where they can earn their daily bread . And ...
... coming from the remote or famine - stricken districts , make one cease to wonder that a people , who so love their forest and moun- tain huts , leave them for the ungenial life of the capital where they can earn their daily bread . And ...
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... coming into town for the winter ; houses and apartments are now let and taken ; servants are changing places ; everything , and every one , is in a state of movement . The pleasant villa- palaces of Haga , Drottningholm , and Rosendal ...
... coming into town for the winter ; houses and apartments are now let and taken ; servants are changing places ; everything , and every one , is in a state of movement . The pleasant villa- palaces of Haga , Drottningholm , and Rosendal ...
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... coming to a country residence , the neighbours un- derstand that society is not desired . Previous to this time , when told that any persons wished to make my acquaintance , I merely expressed my thanks , and expected a visit . The ...
... coming to a country residence , the neighbours un- derstand that society is not desired . Previous to this time , when told that any persons wished to make my acquaintance , I merely expressed my thanks , and expected a visit . The ...
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... coming down , and took more time in adjusting themselves , apparently , on the heap to which they were added beneath . Then , each time he descended from the roof , a black bottle looked out of his coat pocket , was applied to his mouth ...
... coming down , and took more time in adjusting themselves , apparently , on the heap to which they were added beneath . Then , each time he descended from the roof , a black bottle looked out of his coat pocket , was applied to his mouth ...
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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.