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 pàgines |
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Pàgina 2
... fact , brought home from such a country , is worth a volume of speculation . I had long entertained a wish to visit Norway , partly to investigate the social condition of a people living under institutions so ancient and peculiar , and ...
... fact , brought home from such a country , is worth a volume of speculation . I had long entertained a wish to visit Norway , partly to investigate the social condition of a people living under institutions so ancient and peculiar , and ...
Pàgina 20
... fact , an educated man ; for the real edu- cation of the human mind is to be found in that which daily and hourly exercises the mental powers and moral character- in the possession of property . Reading and writing are but means of ...
... fact , an educated man ; for the real edu- cation of the human mind is to be found in that which daily and hourly exercises the mental powers and moral character- in the possession of property . Reading and writing are but means of ...
Pàgina 22
... fact , we see done every day by co - heirs . An estate would no more be divided by heirs , than a ship is broken up and divided by heirs , unless it were the interest of the heirs to do so ; and if so , society would be a gainer by it ...
... fact , we see done every day by co - heirs . An estate would no more be divided by heirs , than a ship is broken up and divided by heirs , unless it were the interest of the heirs to do so ; and if so , society would be a gainer by it ...
Pàgina 48
... fact far from being so grand as the highland scenery in Scotland . If there are avalanches , or glaciers , in winter or spring , they must be upon the same scale as in our highlands ; but cannot be on the scale of those of the Alps ...
... fact far from being so grand as the highland scenery in Scotland . If there are avalanches , or glaciers , in winter or spring , they must be upon the same scale as in our highlands ; but cannot be on the scale of those of the Alps ...
Pàgina 49
... and add to the quantity of meal ; it may even be nutricious . I had previously been rather dis- posed to doubt the fact , and to laugh at the idea E of a traveller dining on sawdust - pudding and tim- RESIDENCE IN NORWAY . 49.
... and add to the quantity of meal ; it may even be nutricious . I had previously been rather dis- posed to doubt the fact , and to laugh at the idea E of a traveller dining on sawdust - pudding and tim- RESIDENCE IN NORWAY . 49.
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