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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... Persons in this Storthing . - Pay of Members . - The Lag- thing , or House of Lords . How elected - What description of Persons . Storthing properly three Houses of Parlia- ment . - Mode of Procedure with Bills . - Rejection of Royal ...
... Persons in this Storthing . - Pay of Members . - The Lag- thing , or House of Lords . How elected - What description of Persons . Storthing properly three Houses of Parlia- ment . - Mode of Procedure with Bills . - Rejection of Royal ...
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... person on the road proceeding in the same way . It is the serious , sober way of driving in this country , to take every slope , al- though it should be as steep as the roof of a house , at full gallop . The carriages are light , the ...
... person on the road proceeding in the same way . It is the serious , sober way of driving in this country , to take every slope , al- though it should be as steep as the roof of a house , at full gallop . The carriages are light , the ...
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... persons having connexions and property in both ; and it still pro- duces a constant intercourse . We had beautiful weather , but saw little of the coast , as the steam- packet crosses the Skaggerack in a direct course from Gottenburg to ...
... persons having connexions and property in both ; and it still pro- duces a constant intercourse . We had beautiful weather , but saw little of the coast , as the steam- packet crosses the Skaggerack in a direct course from Gottenburg to ...
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... person , and resting between two low light wheels , upon two cross bars of wood morticed in the shafts . They are made also with iron springs ; but I preferred the wood , as in travelling it can easily be got repaired , which iron work ...
... person , and resting between two low light wheels , upon two cross bars of wood morticed in the shafts . They are made also with iron springs ; but I preferred the wood , as in travelling it can easily be got repaired , which iron work ...
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... person imbued with a sense of property , and place him in London , where his labour is worth ten or twelve shillings a week , he is no longer an indolent or improvident man . He indulges a taste for gin , porter , tobacco ; for the ...
... person imbued with a sense of property , and place him in London , where his labour is worth ten or twelve shillings a week , he is no longer an indolent or improvident man . He indulges a taste for gin , porter , tobacco ; for the ...
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