Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Scandinavia |
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... told me this when showing me a piece of this high - priced silk . " How , then , did it come here , " I innocently asked , " if it is prohibited ? " She shook her head , and answered gravely , " I do not know how . " Another showed me ...
... told me this when showing me a piece of this high - priced silk . " How , then , did it come here , " I innocently asked , " if it is prohibited ? " She shook her head , and answered gravely , " I do not know how . " Another showed me ...
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... told me one could not use the feminine of Kammer- junker . All lawyers , a tribe almost as numerous as nobles , are styled Royal Secretaries ; and one of these , when leaving me his address , modestly said it would be too troublesome to ...
... told me one could not use the feminine of Kammer- junker . All lawyers , a tribe almost as numerous as nobles , are styled Royal Secretaries ; and one of these , when leaving me his address , modestly said it would be too troublesome to ...
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... told me it was English , an English lady's — and a titled one too ; but so brief , so sim- ple as our proud titles are ! Lady L. had come to take me out ; and so in a nice English carriage I went round the élite of Stockholm , and ...
... told me it was English , an English lady's — and a titled one too ; but so brief , so sim- ple as our proud titles are ! Lady L. had come to take me out ; and so in a nice English carriage I went round the élite of Stockholm , and ...
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... told me , wished to make my acquaintance . " " But you did not go to visit them ; you would not expect them to come first to you ? " " I did expect them to do so , " I answered . The good woman lifted up her hands , and head , and eyes ...
... told me , wished to make my acquaintance . " " But you did not go to visit them ; you would not expect them to come first to you ? " " I did expect them to do so , " I answered . The good woman lifted up her hands , and head , and eyes ...
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... told that such was the case . Cards must be sent by the last comer , and if this be neglected on coming to a country residence , the neighbours un- derstand that society is not desired . Previous to this time , when told that any ...
... told that such was the case . Cards must be sent by the last comer , and if this be neglected on coming to a country residence , the neighbours un- derstand that society is not desired . Previous to this time , when told that any ...
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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.