Life in Sweden; with Excursions in Norway and Denmark, Том 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
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... Swedish speech " the good families " —that is , the rich or noble ones - are coming into town for the winter ; houses and apartments are now let and taken ; servants are changing places ; everything , and every one , is in a state of ...
... Swedish speech " the good families " —that is , the rich or noble ones - are coming into town for the winter ; houses and apartments are now let and taken ; servants are changing places ; everything , and every one , is in a state of ...
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... noble old hostess that the English ladies knew nothing of housekeeping , I do think that the life of a Swe- dish housekeeper in Stockholm is not nearly so important a thing as that of a well - educated and careful English one . The fact ...
... noble old hostess that the English ladies knew nothing of housekeeping , I do think that the life of a Swe- dish housekeeper in Stockholm is not nearly so important a thing as that of a well - educated and careful English one . The fact ...
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... . The number of elderly Frökens - that is , noble old maids , is quite endless . Divorce can be obtained on mutual agree- ment , but the king must sanction it . If tempers do not agree ; if one of a couple becomes LIFE IN SWEDEN . 19.
... . The number of elderly Frökens - that is , noble old maids , is quite endless . Divorce can be obtained on mutual agree- ment , but the king must sanction it . If tempers do not agree ; if one of a couple becomes LIFE IN SWEDEN . 19.
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... Swedish nobility is a strange sort of thing . I was talking of it the 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 ...
... Swedish nobility is a strange sort of thing . I was talking of it the 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 ...
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... nobility in the world . " I bowed , of course , well pleased , but said , " What , then , do you call the nobility of Sweden ... Swedish term , " lik , " which is pronounced leek . " A leek ? " I said . " Yes ; cadavre , français , " he ...
... nobility in the world . " I bowed , of course , well pleased , but said , " What , then , do you call the nobility of Sweden ... Swedish term , " lik , " which is pronounced leek . " A leek ? " I said . " Yes ; cadavre , français , " he ...
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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.