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Page 4
... whatever in politics, and having frequently been engaged in excursions at a
distance from Reikevig, I am of 4 APPENDIX. A.
... whatever in politics, and having frequently been engaged in excursions at a
distance from Reikevig, I am of 4 APPENDIX. A.
Page 5
in excursions at a distance from Reikevig, I am of course ignorant of much that
passed there, and it must be remembered that the portion of my narrative that
rests upon my own authority is far from great; but the remainder I have been
enabled ...
in excursions at a distance from Reikevig, I am of course ignorant of much that
passed there, and it must be remembered that the portion of my narrative that
rests upon my own authority is far from great; but the remainder I have been
enabled ...
Page 14
... and fearing lest farther acts of a similar nature should be committed, found
themselves under the necessity of concluding a convention, permitting a
mercantile connection to be opened between the inhabitants of Reikevig and Mr.
Savigniac, ...
... and fearing lest farther acts of a similar nature should be committed, found
themselves under the necessity of concluding a convention, permitting a
mercantile connection to be opened between the inhabitants of Reikevig and Mr.
Savigniac, ...
Page 15
To use his words, " this little town (Reikevig) was now overstocked with luxuries
of all descriptions, that could not but find a slow and tardy sale, at a season of the
year when the commerce could only be carried on with the inhabitants of the ...
To use his words, " this little town (Reikevig) was now overstocked with luxuries
of all descriptions, that could not but find a slow and tardy sale, at a season of the
year when the commerce could only be carried on with the inhabitants of the ...
Page 18
... as this was an operation that required some time, the country affording but one
press, which was situated many miles distant from Reikevig, he, still farther to
assist its publicity, and to cause it to be known in the vicinity of the residences of
the ...
... as this was an operation that required some time, the country affording but one
press, which was situated many miles distant from Reikevig, he, still farther to
assist its publicity, and to cause it to be known in the vicinity of the residences of
the ...
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| Title | Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809, Volume 2 Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809, Sir William Jackson Hooker |
| Author | Sir William Jackson Hooker |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1813 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 May 2008 |
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