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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... period coeval with the establishment of the feudal system , the land and the people of Norway have been under the influence of the mode of succession which those countries have only recently adopted . What effect has this produced on ...
... period coeval with the establishment of the feudal system , the land and the people of Norway have been under the influence of the mode of succession which those countries have only recently adopted . What effect has this produced on ...
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... period of prosperity , which vanished with the return of peace . The population is about 16,000 ; and there is a suburb , called Clippen , extending more than two miles below the city , which contains , probably , as many more . They ...
... period of prosperity , which vanished with the return of peace . The population is about 16,000 ; and there is a suburb , called Clippen , extending more than two miles below the city , which contains , probably , as many more . They ...
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... period , as at another . The state of Ireland is generally adduced as a proof of the evil which would result from the abolition of primogeniture . There it is stated , the sons of the peasant marry and settle upon a portion of the ...
... period , as at another . The state of Ireland is generally adduced as a proof of the evil which would result from the abolition of primogeniture . There it is stated , the sons of the peasant marry and settle upon a portion of the ...
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... period , being about the time of Canute the Great , and any which , from the style of architecture , are considered ... periods , as the structure has fre- quently suffered from fire , and the old finely cut stones have in many places ...
... period , being about the time of Canute the Great , and any which , from the style of architecture , are considered ... periods , as the structure has fre- quently suffered from fire , and the old finely cut stones have in many places ...
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... period ; and the celebrated figure of the goose - footed queen , on the portals of four French cathedrals , which ... periods . By these , I mean all above the first arches , or those springing from the ground . I conceive that all this ...
... period ; and the celebrated figure of the goose - footed queen , on the portals of four French cathedrals , which ... periods . By these , I mean all above the first arches , or those springing from the ground . I conceive that all this ...
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