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Page ix
... Danish Hospitality - The Newspaper Office - Supper - English Vessels - Jack Tar in Iceland -Trees - MSS . - Icelandic Poetry - The Dream - Ballad CHAPTER XI . · • PAGE 155 171 UXAHVER . - ― A second Guide Icelandic Horse - calls- A ...
... Danish Hospitality - The Newspaper Office - Supper - English Vessels - Jack Tar in Iceland -Trees - MSS . - Icelandic Poetry - The Dream - Ballad CHAPTER XI . · • PAGE 155 171 UXAHVER . - ― A second Guide Icelandic Horse - calls- A ...
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... Danish Government does nothing for the roads ; but surely each hrepp ought to look after its thoroughfares ; and Government is like Providence , it only helps those who help themselves . It is essential for the pros- perity of the ...
... Danish Government does nothing for the roads ; but surely each hrepp ought to look after its thoroughfares ; and Government is like Providence , it only helps those who help themselves . It is essential for the pros- perity of the ...
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... Danish merchant , that a singular forest is found near Rautharhöfn , completely encompassed by high lava walls , and that the only admission to this secluded recess is through a hole in the lava . The temperature of Iceland is varied ...
... Danish merchant , that a singular forest is found near Rautharhöfn , completely encompassed by high lava walls , and that the only admission to this secluded recess is through a hole in the lava . The temperature of Iceland is varied ...
Page xxxiv
... Danish and German . Indeed , there is a talent for languages observable amongst the generality of Icelanders . The rector of the Latin school at Reykjavík is a master of eight languages , and my guide knew three or four very respectably ...
... Danish and German . Indeed , there is a talent for languages observable amongst the generality of Icelanders . The rector of the Latin school at Reykjavík is a master of eight languages , and my guide knew three or four very respectably ...
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... Danish crown , but the rest of the officials receive their nomina- tion from the governor . The ecclesiastical division of Iceland was formerly into two bishoprics , those of Hólar and Skalholt . At present , there is but one bishop ...
... Danish crown , but the rest of the officials receive their nomina- tion from the governor . The ecclesiastical division of Iceland was formerly into two bishoprics , those of Hólar and Skalholt . At present , there is but one bishop ...
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