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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... Roads . Snaasen Vand . - Steenkjær . - Scotch Farmers . Norwegian Farms . - Value , Size , Taxes , Harvest Work , Ploughing . - Gigot Sleeves . - My Winter Quarters . 63 CHAPTER III . Brusved Gaard . - Polite Manners of.
... Roads . Snaasen Vand . - Steenkjær . - Scotch Farmers . Norwegian Farms . - Value , Size , Taxes , Harvest Work , Ploughing . - Gigot Sleeves . - My Winter Quarters . 63 CHAPTER III . Brusved Gaard . - Polite Manners of.
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... Road from the Dronthiem Fiord to the Bothnian Gulph . - Important Basis for the Military Defence of Norway and Sweden.- King's Visit by this road to Norway , compared with that of George IV . to Scotland . - His Visit to the Field of ...
... Road from the Dronthiem Fiord to the Bothnian Gulph . - Important Basis for the Military Defence of Norway and Sweden.- King's Visit by this road to Norway , compared with that of George IV . to Scotland . - His Visit to the Field of ...
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... road was over an open country , apparently well and carefully cultivated in the plain and valleys ; but the hills , although of small elevation , are bare knobs of rock shooting up through the earth , without a particle of soil on them ...
... road was over an open country , apparently well and carefully cultivated in the plain and valleys ; but the hills , although of small elevation , are bare knobs of rock shooting up through the earth , without a particle of soil on them ...
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... road which go- vernments and ministers point out . The Troll- hætta and Caledonian Canals are similar in one respect ; both , in proportion to their cost , are almost equally useless . The Trollhætta , however , serves to convey wood ...
... road which go- vernments and ministers point out . The Troll- hætta and Caledonian Canals are similar in one respect ; both , in proportion to their cost , are almost equally useless . The Trollhætta , however , serves to convey wood ...
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... 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 horses small ...
... 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 horses small ...
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