Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Scandinavia |
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Page 27
... thanks , and expected a visit . The acquaintance consequently was not made , as the visit was ex- pected from me . The Swedes are generally desirous of making the acquaintance of foreigners , but in many cases the mere fact of a ...
... thanks , and expected a visit . The acquaintance consequently was not made , as the visit was ex- pected from me . The Swedes are generally desirous of making the acquaintance of foreigners , but in many cases the mere fact of a ...
Page 32
... thanks on the instant for the mercy vouchsafed . They had offered prayers , and they returned thanks . I was much struck by this observance ; and though , alas ! we cannot help feeling that the observation the literary Swede made ...
... thanks on the instant for the mercy vouchsafed . They had offered prayers , and they returned thanks . I was much struck by this observance ; and though , alas ! we cannot help feeling that the observation the literary Swede made ...
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... , almost reverently , at her ; the women always seem to look pityingly . A little boy stepped forward and offered her a flower , which she accepted with thanks . Thus did she stand for an hour and a half ; 72 LIFE IN SWEDEN .
... , almost reverently , at her ; the women always seem to look pityingly . A little boy stepped forward and offered her a flower , which she accepted with thanks . Thus did she stand for an hour and a half ; 72 LIFE IN SWEDEN .
Page 87
... thanks do I owe to two , at least , of these pleasant friends for many , many pleasant hours Fru Cederschiold and her most kind husband , and that aged lady of infinite talent , Ofverstinnan Ehrenström , who was maid - of- honour to the ...
... thanks do I owe to two , at least , of these pleasant friends for many , many pleasant hours Fru Cederschiold and her most kind husband , and that aged lady of infinite talent , Ofverstinnan Ehrenström , who was maid - of- honour to the ...
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... Thanks for the food , " are omitted ; but when you next meet you must express your thanks for a pre- vious entertainment . After meals , children com- monly kiss their parents ' hands and thank them . I then withdrew to my solitary ...
... Thanks for the food , " are omitted ; but when you next meet you must express your thanks for a pre- vious entertainment . After meals , children com- monly kiss their parents ' hands and thank them . I then withdrew to my solitary ...
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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.