Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Scandinavia |
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... one pane that was left to open ; so that the room , being without a fire - place like ours , was rendered almost air - tight . " How am I to breathe here ? " I inquired . " When the stove is opened in the morning while LIFE IN SWEDEN . 9.
... one pane that was left to open ; so that the room , being without a fire - place like ours , was rendered almost air - tight . " How am I to breathe here ? " I inquired . " When the stove is opened in the morning while LIFE IN SWEDEN . 9.
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Selina Bunbury. " When the stove is opened in the morning while the fire burns , a good half hour at 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 ...
Selina Bunbury. " When the stove is opened in the morning while the fire burns , a good half hour at 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 ...
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... morning , what a scene met my view ! " Yes , " I cried , though no one heard me , " it is not wonderful that in Sweden they like a good winter , that they abhor a bare one ! " The day was bright ; the snow of one night was as deep as ...
... morning , what a scene met my view ! " Yes , " I cried , though no one heard me , " it is not wonderful that in Sweden they like a good winter , that they abhor a bare one ! " The day was bright ; the snow of one night was as deep as ...
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... morning marriages are extremely rare in Sweden , I put on a black silk dress to please my hostess , as it was in her opinion most suitable to the occasion ; and taking the always indispensable white gloves and shawl , we descended the ...
... morning marriages are extremely rare in Sweden , I put on a black silk dress to please my hostess , as it was in her opinion most suitable to the occasion ; and taking the always indispensable white gloves and shawl , we descended the ...
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... morning as well as evening in visits of ceremony , or occasions of importance - passed through the room , carrying each a large silver branch candle- stick of three lights . They bowed to us in pass- ing , but went straight into the ...
... morning as well as evening in visits of ceremony , or occasions of importance - passed through the room , carrying each a large silver branch candle- stick of three lights . They bowed to us in pass- ing , but went straight into 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.