Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Scandinavia |
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... and 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 .
... and 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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... round the openings and crevices , with the exception of 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 ...
... round the openings and crevices , with the exception of 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 ...
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... round of preserved pear , and at the bottom lay two fine French plums ; the never - absent basin of pounded white sugar was handed to use with the compound , which , tasting like warm water , vinegar , and sugar , I only shook my head ...
... round of preserved pear , and at the bottom lay two fine French plums ; the never - absent basin of pounded white sugar was handed to use with the compound , which , tasting like warm water , vinegar , and sugar , I only shook my head ...
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... round the élite of Stockholm , and dropped a card all round the diplomatic circle ; and I assure you that I began to feel very glad that it had been the native Swede and not the English stranger who had called the aristocracy of Sweden ...
... round the élite of Stockholm , and dropped a card all round the diplomatic circle ; and I assure you that I began to feel very glad that it had been the native Swede and not the English stranger who had called the aristocracy of Sweden ...
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... rounds ; " but before long all the young life of Stockholm was awake , and abroad , and rolling and plunging in the snowy Place . Never before did I imagine there could be such life in Stockholm ; for in public -that is to say , even in ...
... rounds ; " but before long all the young life of Stockholm was awake , and abroad , and rolling and plunging in the snowy Place . Never before did I imagine there could be such life in Stockholm ; for in public -that is to say , even in ...
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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.