Travels Through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland, to the North Cape, in the Years 1798 and 1799, Volume 1 |
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academy againſt Aland alfo almoſt alſo amuſement aſtoniſhed becauſe Befides cauſe circumſtances claſs confequence confiderable confifts courſe cuſtom defire diſtance diſtinguiſhed Engliſh eſtabliſhed faid fame fecond feemed ferved feven fhall fhew fhort fide Finland firſt fiſh fituated fledges fnow fociety fome fometimes fubject fuch fufficient fummer Gothenburg greateſt Guftavus gulf of Bothnia himſelf horfes horſes houſe hundred inhabitants intereſting iſland itſelf journey Kemi king king of Sweden Lapland laſt leaſt Linnæus manner maſter meaſure miles moſt mufic muſt natural hiſtory neceffary North obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paſs peaſants perfons philofophy pleaſing pleaſure poffible preſent profeffors publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reaſon refidence reſpect river royal Ruffia ſcience ſee ſeemed ſeven ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome Sotkamo ſtands ſtate ſtill Stockholm ſtranger ſtudy ſtyle ſuch Sudermania Sweden Swediſh themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Torneå town travelling Uleåborg univerſity Upfala uſe winter wood
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Page 181 - Around in sympathetic mirth Its tricks the kitten tries ; The cricket chirrups in the hearth ; The crackling faggot flies.
Page 172 - Sweden, and particularly that of the capital, has left this general impression on my mind, that a greater progress has been made in the sciences and arts, both liberal and mechanical, by the Swedes, than by any other nation, struggling...
Page 297 - If, however, a stranger open the door, and come on the bathers by surprise, the women are not a little startled at his appearance; for, besides his person, he introduces along with him, by opening the door, a great quantity of light, which discovers at once to view their situation, as well as forms.
Page 185 - In spite of all our expedients for discovering the evenest paths, our sledges were every moment overturned to the right or the left ; and frequently the legs of one or other of the company raised perpendicularly in the air, served as a signal for the whole caravan to halt. The inconvenience and the danger of our journey were still farther increased by the following circumstance.
Page 299 - Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a...
Page 43 - ... brought to the place where it was wanted. In order to prevent it as much as possible from freezing, they constantly kept stirring it about with a stick ; but even this operation had only a partial effect. At last, by the united power of many engines, which launched forth a great...
Page 68 - ... with which it is seasoned. After dinner the ladies do not leave him to his bottle ; he is expected to adjourn immediately with them to the drawing-room, where the company, after thanking the matter and mistress of the house with a polite or rather ceremonious bow for their good cheer, are regaled with tea and coffee.
Page 189 - ... with places where you may get horses. You travel partly by land, and partly over the ice of the sea. The distance between some of these islands amounts to no less than eight or ten miles.
Page 296 - ... heavy load, by throwing the pannier on the ground. In one parish in Finland (one of these parishes, it is to be observed, is equal in extent to a whole province of most other countries), it is the custom for young women to wear, suspended at their girdles, the case or sheath of a knife, as a sign that they are unmarried, and would have no objection to a husband.
Page 67 - ... and liqueur, or brandy ; and by the tasting of these previous to their repast, endeavour to give an edge to their appetite, and to stimulate the stomach to perform its office. After this prelude, the...