 | 1819 - 492 pàgines
...consists of some old saga, or such other histories as are to be obtained on the is. land. Being but badly supplied with printed books, the Icelanders are under...write a hand equal in. beauty to that of the ablest writingmasters in other parts of Europe. Some specimens of their Gothic wri. ting is scarcely inferior... | |
 | Ebenezer Henderson - 1818 - 492 pàgines
...consists of some old saga, or such other histories as are to be obtained on the island. Being but badly supplied with printed books, the Icelanders are under...write a hand equal in beauty to that of the ablest writing-masters in other parts of Europe. Some specimens of their Gothic writing is scarcely inferior... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1818 - 596 pàgines
...relations, occupy the be'ds at the inner end of the room; the rest are filled by the servants. the the necessity of copying such as they can get the...write a hand equal in beauty to that of the ablest writing-masters in other parts of Europe. Some specimens of their Gothic writing are scarcely inferior... | |
 | Ebenezer Henderson - 1819 - 634 pàgines
...consists of some old saga, or such other histories as are to be obtained on the island. Being but badly supplied with printed books, the Icelanders are under...write a hand equal in beauty to that of the ablest writing-masters in other parts of Europe. Some specimens of their Gothic writing is scarcely inferior... | |
 | 492 pàgines
...consists of some old saga, or such other histories as are to be obtained on the Island. Being badly supplied with printed books, the Icelanders are under...write a hand equal in beauty to that of the ablest writing-masters in other parts of Europe. Some specimens of their gothic writing is scarcely inferior... | |
 | Abigail F. Mott - 1827 - 144 pàgines
...evening lecture, which generally consists of some historical composition of the Icelanders, or suth other histories as are to be had on the Island. *...hand equal in beauty to that of the ablest writing master in other parts of Europe. Some specimens of their Gothic writing is scarcely inferior to copperplate.... | |
 | James Bell - 1832 - 762 pàgines
...consists of some old saga, or such other histories as are to be obtained on the island. Being but badly supplied with printed books, the Icelanders are under...of Europe. Some specimens of their Gothic writing are icarcely inferior to copperplate. The Icelanders have no national dance; their singing U very monotonous,... | |
 | James Bell - 1832 - 736 pàgines
...consists of some old saga, or such other histories as are to be obtained on the island. Being but badly supplied with printed books, the Icelanders are under...beauty to that of the ablest writing masters in other pa.ts of Europe. Some specimens of their Gothic writing are scarcely inferior to copperplate. The Icelanders... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pàgines
...consists of some old saga, or such other histories as are to be obtained on the island. Being but badly supplied with printed books, the Icelanders are under...write a hand equal in beauty to that of the ablest writing-masters in other parts of Europe. Some specimens of their Gothic writing are scarcely inferior... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1836 - 588 pàgines
...printed books, they are under the necessity of copying such as they can obtain the loan of; and thus most of them write a hand, equal in beauty to that of the ablest writing-masters in Europe. In some houses, the xa^as are repeated by such as have got them by rote... | |
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Being but badly supplied with printed books, the Icelanders are under the necessity of copying such as they can get the loan of, which sufficiently accounts for the fact, that most of them write a hand equal in beauty to that of the ablest writing-masters... 
