A Residence in Jutland, the Danish Isles, and Copenhagen, Volume 2J. Murray, 1860 - Denmark |
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Page 38
... postilion overslept himself . We retrace our steps as far as the village of Linaa , concerning which I before promised you a story . Many centuries ago there lived , in the neighbour- hood of the kro where we now stand , three sisters ...
... postilion overslept himself . We retrace our steps as far as the village of Linaa , concerning which I before promised you a story . Many centuries ago there lived , in the neighbour- hood of the kro where we now stand , three sisters ...
Page 46
... postilion is compelled to perform the journey , or none at all , when you wish to loiter on the road , as to - day for instance . Posting in Denmark , two - horse carriage and all expenses included , amounts to nine pence per English ...
... postilion is compelled to perform the journey , or none at all , when you wish to loiter on the road , as to - day for instance . Posting in Denmark , two - horse carriage and all expenses included , amounts to nine pence per English ...
Page 69
... postilion too , tells his horses to " stande " -not to staac- " stille , ” he constantly inquires the " vay , " no longer " vei ; " and begs to know if we start tomorrow in the " fore- noun , " or the " atternoun , " -- very bad Danish ...
... postilion too , tells his horses to " stande " -not to staac- " stille , ” he constantly inquires the " vay , " no longer " vei ; " and begs to know if we start tomorrow in the " fore- noun , " or the " atternoun , " -- very bad Danish ...
Page 77
... postilion points to behind the road , " Stonehenge ; " and there as sure as fate stands a lofty dolmen - Stonehenges , as the peasants call them in these parts . He talks to his horses , too : one he terms " ole ors , " the companion ...
... postilion points to behind the road , " Stonehenge ; " and there as sure as fate stands a lofty dolmen - Stonehenges , as the peasants call them in these parts . He talks to his horses , too : one he terms " ole ors , " the companion ...
Page 94
... postilion , and then to the south - east . Jutlanders calculate everything by the points of the compass : we accomplish the west , but then stick on a bank till the carriage arrives , our knowledge aiding us to proceed no further . A ...
... postilion , and then to the south - east . Jutlanders calculate everything by the points of the compass : we accomplish the west , but then stick on a bank till the carriage arrives , our knowledge aiding us to proceed no further . A ...
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