Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Том 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
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... the street -the man with his hat in his hand , bowing to her as if she were a duchess , and she making a curtsey suited to a court drawing - room . Many of these poor girls are , unhappily , miser- 16 LIFE IN SWEDEN .
... the street -the man with his hat in his hand , bowing to her as if she were a duchess , and she making a curtsey suited to a court drawing - room . Many of these poor girls are , unhappily , miser- 16 LIFE IN SWEDEN .
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... other day with a singular sort of being , a man of literature , who is , I be- lieve , a favourite at Court . I remarked that the aristocracy of England was the first in the world . " It is not the first , " he said 20 LIFE IN SWEDEN .
... other day with a singular sort of being , a man of literature , who is , I be- lieve , a favourite at Court . I remarked that the aristocracy of England was the first in the world . " It is not the first , " he said 20 LIFE IN SWEDEN .
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... Court circle I wished to go as a stranger and foreigner . There were heads with half a conservatory upon them around me ; but there were covered ones also , and I passed off very well . I believe in the whole world such patient sight ...
... Court circle I wished to go as a stranger and foreigner . There were heads with half a conservatory upon them around me ; but there were covered ones also , and I passed off very well . I believe in the whole world such patient sight ...
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... Court was in full dress , and all ladies who had been presented at Court had a right to a par- ticular place , and must also appear in full dress which , on this occasion , was white for all ages . Men of all classes wore uniforms ...
... Court was in full dress , and all ladies who had been presented at Court had a right to a par- ticular place , and must also appear in full dress which , on this occasion , was white for all ages . Men of all classes wore uniforms ...
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... Court cos- tume is still a very small affair , being made as scanty of material as a train can be , in width still more than in length . These trains were dropped , and gathered up ; and when the foot of one fair lady came on the ...
... Court cos- tume is still a very small affair , being made as scanty of material as a train can be , in width still more than in length . These trains were dropped , and gathered up ; and when the foot of one fair lady came on the ...
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Сторінка 301 - Hear the sledges with the bells — Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Сторінка 336 - For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth; so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.