Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa: ScandinaviaT. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand, 1824 |
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Términos y frases comunes
afterwards antient appearance arrived Aunis basalt beautiful beds boats called Cataract CHAP church cleanliness colour consisted Copenhagen covered curious Denmark distance dress dwelling England English miles Enontekis Eutin exhibited fall feet Finmark Finnish language forests Gefle Gothenburg granite Grape Gulph of Bothnia Halleberg Hamburgh Hermelin horses houses inhabitants iron island journey Kiemi Kihlangi King lake land Lapland Lapmark Lapps lingua Linnæus Lond Lubeck Luleå manner merchants mosquitos mountains Muonio Muonio River Muonioniska natives neat night Niva northern Norway observed owing passed peasants person Piteå principal provinces provinces of Sweden rariss rein-deer remarkable resembling river rix-dollars road rocks scenery seen shew shores side situate skin Stockholm stones Svec Sweden Swedish language Swedish mile tion Torneå town trap Travels trees Umeå Upsal vessels VIII village visited waggon Wener Westeros whole wood СНАР
Pasajes populares
Página 15 - When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people ; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
Página 62 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength; He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Página 125 - And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Página 454 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 376 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Página 15 - O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
Página 125 - ... ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six miles in length, and three or four in breadth ; and they drive the water before them with a kind of rippling.
Página 401 - I am induced to think, that the human body may sustain the most laborious services, without the aid of animal food. The Afghan, whose sole aliment is bread, curdled milk and water, inhabiting a climate which often produces in one day, extreme heat and cold, shall undergo as much fatigue, and exert as much strength, as the porter of London, who copiously feeds on flesh-meat, and ale ; nor is he subject to the like acute and obstinate disorders.
Página 136 - ... themselves to our notice. It is therefore marvellous that, in spite of all these obstacles, the Swedish peasants afterwards attain to a healthy maturity, and appear characterized by a sturdiness of form, and the most athletic stature. Many of them seem to belong to a race of giants, with nerves of iron.
Página 470 - Little did the author dream of the blessed effects he was to experience by tasting of the offering brought by these little children ; who, proud of having their gifts accepted, would gladly run and gather daily a fresh supply ; which was as often blended with cream and sugar by the hands of their mother ; until at last he perceived that his fever rapidly abated ; his spirits and his appetite...