Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Scandinavia |
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... least , there comes in plenty of air , " said my hostess . " Yes , Madame , you must not keep the flue open too long ; nor yet shut it too soon . If you keep it long open , the room will not warm ; and if you shut it too soon , you will ...
... least , there comes in plenty of air , " said my hostess . " Yes , Madame , you must not keep the flue open too long ; nor yet shut it too soon . If you keep it long open , the room will not warm ; and if you shut it too soon , you will ...
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... least aware that the latter form the chief part of a really well - educated Englishwoman's training . In the country , Swedish housekeeping is cer- tainly a ponderous affair , taken in all its ramifi- cations - the care of farm produce ...
... least aware that the latter form the chief part of a really well - educated Englishwoman's training . In the country , Swedish housekeeping is cer- tainly a ponderous affair , taken in all its ramifi- cations - the care of farm produce ...
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... least , in the day did I long for the power of turning on a dozen , or half - a - dozen , English workmen , to astonish those who were there at work ! One stout - looking young fellow particularly amused me . He would carry a brick in ...
... least , in the day did I long for the power of turning on a dozen , or half - a - dozen , English workmen , to astonish those who were there at work ! One stout - looking young fellow particularly amused me . He would carry a brick in ...
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... least some years ago — and the wild look of the drivers , with their long hair , is just what may be seen dashing through the streets of Dublin , either with carts , or with the singular machines called jaunting - cars . The manner in ...
... least some years ago — and the wild look of the drivers , with their long hair , is just what may be seen dashing through the streets of Dublin , either with carts , or with the singular machines called jaunting - cars . The manner in ...
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... least like a Dutchman . The Queen sometimes bowed her head , but never once raised her eyes from the slumbering face beneath them . The gentle Princess Eugenia , who is her father in a female form , came next ; and the old dowager Queen ...
... least like a Dutchman . The Queen sometimes bowed her head , but never once raised her eyes from the slumbering face beneath them . The gentle Princess Eugenia , who is her father in a female form , came next ; and the old dowager Queen ...
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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.