A General View of Sweden (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Avin G refided a long time in Swe~ den, travelled through the interior parts of the kingdom, and acquired a fuf. Ficient knowledge of the language fpoken by the inhabitants, I thought myfelf qua lified to undertake the following work, intended to give an account of a country rendered illul'trious by a great number of eminent charaeters a country which was a long time the arbiter of Europe; and which for twenty-two years With flood leveral formidable powers united in a league againft it. Sweden, even after its decline, is doubtlefs worthy Ofatten tion, on account of its domefiic revolu tions; the efforts which it has made to repair its misfortunes; and the courage with which it lately combated an ambi~ tious neighbour.

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