 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1839 - 948 pages
...greatness and consequent antiquarian remains. Of Wisby, its capital, we are told by the author : " This ancient city is the most extraordinary place...measure to the present day; it appears to have undergone leu alteration from time, devastation, or improvement, than • Mr. Laing is, we are Informed, the... | |
 | English essays - 1841 - 962 pages
...a short time on the shores of Gothland, to visit its remarkable capital of Wisly. Mr. Laing says, " This ancient city Is the most extraordinary place in the north of Europe. 1 1 is a city of the Middle Ages — existing unbroken and unchanged, in a great measure, to the present... | |
 | System - 1842 - 894 pages
...tl'itby, on the west side of the island of Gottland, and the capital of the Island, Is the most remarkable place in the north of Europe. It is a city of the middle ages, existing almoKt unchanged to the present day, yet so fallen in importance, that though the space within it«... | |
 | Sweden - 1852 - 364 pages
...time an abode of pirates.1 The delegates from Lubeck strove to bring over 1 Geijer, vol. ip 324. " This ancient city is the most extraordinary place in the north of Europe. It ia a city of the middle ages, existing unbroken and unchanged in a great measure to the present day.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Geography - 1861 - 662 pages
...on the west coast of the island, has a melancholy interest ; and is one of the most remarkable sites in the north of Europe. It is a city of the middle ages, existing almost unchanged to the present day, yet so fallen in importance, that though the space within its... | |
 | Andrew John Herbertson - Europe - 1903 - 344 pages
...grape, the white mulberry, and the walnut ripen in favourable situations. The ancient city of Visby is the most extraordinary place in the north of Europe....and unchanged in a great measure to the present day. From the sea the appearance of this mother of the Hanseatic towns is very striking, from the numerous... | |
 | Henry Flanders - Law of the sea - 1999 - 476 pages
...and he gives us a very interesting description of its present state. " This ancient city," he says, " is the most extraordinary place in the North of Europe. It is a city of the Middle Ages—existing unbroken and unchanged in a great measure to the present day. It appears to have undergone... | |
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This ancient city is the most extraordinary place in the north of Europe. It is a city of the middle ages, — existing unbroken, and unchanged in a great measure to the present day ; — it appears to have undergone less alteration from time, devastation,... 