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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Page 13
... head of the fiord , on one of these expanses . I was surprised to find , last night on my arrival , that I had to go through all the ceremony at the custom - house of having my baggage visited , as if I had come direct from a foreign ...
... head of the fiord , on one of these expanses . I was surprised to find , last night on my arrival , that I had to go through all the ceremony at the custom - house of having my baggage visited , as if I had come direct from a foreign ...
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... head . The short blade saves the ridiculous sweep , or semi- circle of our mowers , one - half of which is working to waste , either of time or of grass . I under- stand , in making the hay , it being scorching wea- ther , they left it ...
... head . The short blade saves the ridiculous sweep , or semi- circle of our mowers , one - half of which is working to waste , either of time or of grass . I under- stand , in making the hay , it being scorching wea- ther , they left it ...
Page 28
... head towards you , put your left arm over its back , and milk it with both hands in that position , in which it cannot move . My old woman was teaching her grandchild this art . Goats seem a favourite kind of stock , and on every farm ...
... head towards you , put your left arm over its back , and milk it with both hands in that position , in which it cannot move . My old woman was teaching her grandchild this art . Goats seem a favourite kind of stock , and on every farm ...
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... head of each log touches the one below it at the corners , which are as tight and strong as any part of the building . Each log may be twelve inches square ; so that the walls of my apartment are a foot thick , and ten feet high . The ...
... head of each log touches the one below it at the corners , which are as tight and strong as any part of the building . Each log may be twelve inches square ; so that the walls of my apartment are a foot thick , and ten feet high . The ...
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... head of each glen , along such a level as will give the command of it to each farmer at the head of his fields . This is done by leading it in wooden troughs ( the half of a tree roughly scooped ) from the highest perennial stream among ...
... head of each glen , along such a level as will give the command of it to each farmer at the head of his fields . This is done by leading it in wooden troughs ( the half of a tree roughly scooped ) from the highest perennial stream among ...
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