Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Scandinavia |
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... give me ; who contends it is ridiculous to think I should require a carpet under my feet , and asserts it is impossible I can do without a muff for my hands . She has come now to have the double windows put in . " Will they keep out the ...
... give me ; who contends it is ridiculous to think I should require a carpet under my feet , and asserts it is impossible I can do without a muff for my hands . She has come now to have the double windows put in . " Will they keep out the ...
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... give way , she found all the chairs laid down in a row on the ground , and her lover leaping over them in rapid succession . That he had lost his senses the Frenchwoman was sure , but in answer to her terrified exclamation , he replied ...
... give way , she found all the chairs laid down in a row on the ground , and her lover leaping over them in rapid succession . That he had lost his senses the Frenchwoman was sure , but in answer to her terrified exclamation , he replied ...
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... give vent to her laughter in another . " A Madam , " is the title given here to charwomen and the lower order of working women . The pro- noun you is never used in conversation ; it is an offence to say it to a servant . To all classes ...
... give vent to her laughter in another . " A Madam , " is the title given here to charwomen and the lower order of working women . The pro- noun you is never used in conversation ; it is an offence to say it to a servant . To all classes ...
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Selina Bunbury. as to give me Generalskan's company , " & c . I asked my grefve if I ought to say Kammerjunker- skan - which title , I believe , would signify " female- young - gentleman of the chamber ; " but he told me one could not ...
Selina Bunbury. as to give me Generalskan's company , " & c . I asked my grefve if I ought to say Kammerjunker- skan - which title , I believe , would signify " female- young - gentleman of the chamber ; " but he told me one could not ...
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... gives its favourites - early death . " It was the first time I had seen that head and countenance near enough to notice them , and the impression I allude to was instantaneous . " That , " said the person I addressed , " is Prince ...
... gives its favourites - early death . " It was the first time I had seen that head and countenance near enough to notice them , and the impression I allude to was instantaneous . " That , " said the person I addressed , " is Prince ...
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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.