Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Scandinavia |
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Page 76
... supper too . Every land , I believe , makes eating and drinking a component part , more or less , of its national ... suppers ; we take gruel when the doctors or law - makers order it ; when we are sick , or in prisons and work- houses ...
... supper too . Every land , I believe , makes eating and drinking a component part , more or less , of its national ... suppers ; we take gruel when the doctors or law - makers order it ; when we are sick , or in prisons and work- houses ...
Page 78
... supper signification . But this , to do Swedes justice , is the very least of the pleasures that attach to that joy - bringing time . It is the great season for family meetings ; and that at which all hearts seem opening to kindly and ...
... supper signification . But this , to do Swedes justice , is the very least of the pleasures that attach to that joy - bringing time . It is the great season for family meetings ; and that at which all hearts seem opening to kindly and ...
Page 86
... verse for a little , and stay for tea or supper , or come away without either , as is mutually desirable . When I do not like to risk a cold walk in uncer- tainty , I send a message before I go to 86 LIFE IN SWEDEN .
... verse for a little , and stay for tea or supper , or come away without either , as is mutually desirable . When I do not like to risk a cold walk in uncer- tainty , I send a message before I go to 86 LIFE IN SWEDEN .
Page 92
... supper I shall get . " And what for , then , do you go , Madame ? " asks Grefvinnan , raising up her spectacles with a broad smile to my face . " It cannot be amusing to you to go among strangers . " I was tempted to answer the dear ...
... supper I shall get . " And what for , then , do you go , Madame ? " asks Grefvinnan , raising up her spectacles with a broad smile to my face . " It cannot be amusing to you to go among strangers . " I was tempted to answer the dear ...
Page 107
... supper tables ready , great yule candles placed upon them , people were going in and out , young forms were momentarily seen glancing through the brilliant rooms and among the prettily - ar- ranged house - plants ; and without , though ...
... supper tables ready , great yule candles placed upon them , people were going in and out , young forms were momentarily seen glancing through the brilliant rooms and among the prettily - ar- ranged house - plants ; and without , though ...
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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.