Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa: ScandinaviaT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1824 |
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Página iv
... equal to what it possesses at the present time : con- sequently , all that has been written respecting it , as being the " Storehouse of Nations , " as the 66 great Northern hive , " whence armies of innu- merable warriors , under the ...
... equal to what it possesses at the present time : con- sequently , all that has been written respecting it , as being the " Storehouse of Nations , " as the 66 great Northern hive , " whence armies of innu- merable warriors , under the ...
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... equal to 110 pounds Avoirdupois . Sixteen pounds equal one Lispand . Twenty Lispands equal one Shippund . Two feet equal one Danish ( aln ) ell , which equals 24.7 English inches . Twelve hundred Danish ells equal one Danish mile , which is ...
... equal to 110 pounds Avoirdupois . Sixteen pounds equal one Lispand . Twenty Lispands equal one Shippund . Two feet equal one Danish ( aln ) ell , which equals 24.7 English inches . Twelve hundred Danish ells equal one Danish mile , which is ...
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... equal to the poorest parts of the Rhine . The dresses of the female inhabitants resemble those of the women in some parts of the Archipelago . Having sailed by a large island lying on the northern side of the river , covered with rushes ...
... equal to the poorest parts of the Rhine . The dresses of the female inhabitants resemble those of the women in some parts of the Archipelago . Having sailed by a large island lying on the northern side of the river , covered with rushes ...
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... equal to the demands which may be made upon it . In fact , it may be considered as a dépôt , where the merchants place their capital . This is deposited in Spanish dollars ; or in bars of pure silver , of the finest quality , and ...
... equal to the demands which may be made upon it . In fact , it may be considered as a dépôt , where the merchants place their capital . This is deposited in Spanish dollars ; or in bars of pure silver , of the finest quality , and ...
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... equal in size to one of our daily newspapers ; every thing being remarkably well cooked , and served with the utmost neat- Of their wines , the dearest is Hock , which may be purchased as high as eight crowns the bottle ; but this is a ...
... equal in size to one of our daily newspapers ; every thing being remarkably well cooked , and served with the utmost neat- Of their wines , the dearest is Hock , which may be purchased as high as eight crowns the bottle ; but this is a ...
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Términos y frases comunes
afterwards antient appearance arrived Aunis basalt beautiful boats called Cataract CHAP church cleanliness colour consisted Copenhagen covered curious Denmark distance dress dwelling England English miles Enontekis Eutin exhibited fall feet Finmark Finnish language forests Gefle Gothenburg granite Grape Gulph of Bothnia Gustavus Halleberg Hamburgh Hermelin horses houses inhabitants iron island journey Kiemi Kihlangi King lake land Lapland Lapmark Lapps lingua Linnæus Lond Lubeck Luleå manner merchants mosquitos mountains Muonio Muonio River Muonioniska natives neat night Niva northern Norway observed owing passed peasants person Piteå principal provinces provinces of Sweden rariss rein-deer remarkable resembling river rix-dollars road rocks scenery seen shew shores side situate skins Stockholm stones Svec Sweden Swedish language Swedish mile tion Torneå town trap Travels trees Umeå Upsal vessels VIII village visited waggon Wener Westeros whole wood
Pasajes populares
Página 319 - And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild, unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Página 454 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 471 - See the wretch that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again ; The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Página 125 - And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Página 376 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Página 15 - O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
Página iv - ... frontiers of the Asiatic Sarmatia into Sweden, with the great design of forming, in that inaccessible retreat of freedom, a religion and a people which, in some remote age, might be subservient to his immortal revenge ; when his invincible Goths, armed with martial fanaticism, should issue in numerous swarms from the neighbourhood of the Polar circle, to chastise the oppressors of mankind.
Página 400 - When the young and vigorous fir trees are felled, to the great injury of the woods, the tree is stripped of its bark for its whole length ; the outer part is carefully peeled from the bark ; the deeper interior covering is then shaved off, and nothing remains but the innermost rind, which is extremely soft and white. It is then hung up several days in the air to dry, and afterwards baked in an oven ; it is next heat on wooden blocks, and then pounded as finely as possible in wooden vessels.
Página 125 - ... ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth...