Journal of a Residence in Norway During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836: Made with a View to Enquire Into the Moral and Political Economy of that Country, and the Condition of Its Inhabitants |
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... common flowers , well cared for , were in every house . These trifles indicate some degree of taste and leisure among the labouring classes . At Gottenburg I put up at the hotel of a Scotch- man , Mr. Tod , who has been settled there ...
... common flowers , well cared for , were in every house . These trifles indicate some degree of taste and leisure among the labouring classes . At Gottenburg I put up at the hotel of a Scotch- man , Mr. Tod , who has been settled there ...
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... common scythe blade , it will be evident that the heel of it only can cut close to the ground . The point and one - third of the blade are sticking up in the air , and what is cut by that part is cut too high . Look at one of our mowers ...
... common scythe blade , it will be evident that the heel of it only can cut close to the ground . The point and one - third of the blade are sticking up in the air , and what is cut by that part is cut too high . Look at one of our mowers ...
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... common sense of the majority of mankind would , I apprehend , in spite of the most curious and subtle argument , decide that the forty families in these two or three highland glens , each possessing and living on its own little spot of ...
... common sense of the majority of mankind would , I apprehend , in spite of the most curious and subtle argument , decide that the forty families in these two or three highland glens , each possessing and living on its own little spot of ...
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... common benefit . They are , undoubtedly , in these respects , far in advance of any community of cottars in our highland glens . They feel as proprietors who receive the advan- tage of their own exertions . The excellent state of the ...
... common benefit . They are , undoubtedly , in these respects , far in advance of any community of cottars in our highland glens . They feel as proprietors who receive the advan- tage of their own exertions . The excellent state of the ...
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... common ; but the lark , the linnet , the blackbird , the thrush , the robin , and all our old acquaintances of the woods and fields , even our town acquaintance , the sparrow , are not at home here . I have seen or heard more of these ...
... common ; but the lark , the linnet , the blackbird , the thrush , the robin , and all our old acquaintances of the woods and fields , even our town acquaintance , the sparrow , are not at home here . I have seen or heard more of these ...
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