Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Scandinavia |
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... sledge . We had had no snow since the night , but the traveller was one white mass : it had fallen heavily not far ... sledges in their stead , and the tinkle of the bells , which the horses are bound to carry , was a pleasant exchange ...
... sledge . We had had no snow since the night , but the traveller was one white mass : it had fallen heavily not far ... sledges in their stead , and the tinkle of the bells , which the horses are bound to carry , was a pleasant exchange ...
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... evening it is beautiful . " And so you are content , " says Grefven ; " it is well even that pleases you . " And I reply , " Yes , with this I am content . " 54 CHAPTER IV . SLEDGES are now flying about in LIFE IN SWEDEN . 53.
... evening it is beautiful . " And so you are content , " says Grefven ; " it is well even that pleases you . " And I reply , " Yes , with this I am content . " 54 CHAPTER IV . SLEDGES are now flying about in LIFE IN SWEDEN . 53.
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... sledges range in all grades , from the lowest invention of necessity , to the refined ones of luxury . There , now , dashes by dashes by one formed of eight bars , or poles , of unpainted wood . Two rest on the ground , forming the ...
... sledges range in all grades , from the lowest invention of necessity , to the refined ones of luxury . There , now , dashes by dashes by one formed of eight bars , or poles , of unpainted wood . Two rest on the ground , forming the ...
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... sledges , with a foot on each ; and thus , with the long cord reins and the whip in his hands , he dashes full speed along . Sometimes these sledges are without upper rails , and very low , the planks being laid flat on the rests . In ...
... sledges , with a foot on each ; and thus , with the long cord reins and the whip in his hands , he dashes full speed along . Sometimes these sledges are without upper rails , and very low , the planks being laid flat on the rests . In ...
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... sledges ; their tinkling bells rather perplexing than pre - warning the foot- passengers , for while I strain my eyes in one way at the sound , I perceive I ought first to have got out of danger in another . When the men see I am ...
... sledges ; their tinkling bells rather perplexing than pre - warning the foot- passengers , for while I strain my eyes in one way at the sound , I perceive I ought first to have got out of danger in another . When the men see I am ...
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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.