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 InhabitantsLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1837 - 482 páginas |
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... hills skirting the river - valley , at the distance of half a mile on each side . These hills are mere knobs or hummocks of gneiss , scantily covered with soil , and with edges of granite occasionally shoot- ing up through it . As we ...
... hills skirting the river - valley , at the distance of half a mile on each side . These hills are mere knobs or hummocks of gneiss , scantily covered with soil , and with edges of granite occasionally shoot- ing up through it . As we ...
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... hills to turn or surmount , and all that variety of obstacles which place canal engineering among the highest efforts of human intellect . As a work of art , the Trollhætta cannot be placed by the side of the Caledonian Canal ; the ...
... hills to turn or surmount , and all that variety of obstacles which place canal engineering among the highest efforts of human intellect . As a work of art , the Trollhætta cannot be placed by the side of the Caledonian Canal ; the ...
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... hill , without any regularity . In threading my way through these crowded habitations , I observed that the meanest had a wooden floor and good windows , ornamented with the fringe , at least , of window- curtains ; and flower - pots ...
... hill , without any regularity . In threading my way through these crowded habitations , I observed that the meanest had a wooden floor and good windows , ornamented with the fringe , at least , of window- curtains ; and flower - pots ...
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... village I have seen in the country . The extent of culti- vation in the Strath of the Myosen , extending up to this village , surprised me . It is not merely a C fringe between the hill and the shore , but reaches RESIDENCE IN NORWAY . 17.
... village I have seen in the country . The extent of culti- vation in the Strath of the Myosen , extending up to this village , surprised me . It is not merely a C fringe between the hill and the shore , but reaches RESIDENCE IN NORWAY . 17.
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... hill and the shore , but reaches far back among the hills , and over the summits of the ordinary heights . I would compare its breadth to that of Strathmore in Forfarshire . The farming cannot be very bad , for the crops of oats , bear ...
... hill and the shore , but reaches far back among the hills , and over the summits of the ordinary heights . I would compare its breadth to that of Strathmore in Forfarshire . The farming cannot be very bad , for the crops of oats , bear ...
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Journal of a Residence in Norway During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836: Made ... Samuel Laing Visualização completa - 1851 |
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