Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - Pages ...
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
The Floral King. 131
be affected by, and conceive a love for the book,
however unlettered the reader might be. You,
Doctor, have with this sole thing, graven your
name in the endurance of time, which no changes
of the future can erase. I congratulate you,
Doctor, to immortality.
“‘T remain, yours,
“C. vy. LINNE.”
‘Someone told me yesterday that the devil would
take me, because in my journey through Skane I had
not mentioned all those with their knightly titles
and honours I had referred to of that ilk! I did
not know, and still do not know, if it is necessary,
at least for me, who am sparse of all titles, except
my own; be so kind as to ask my fatherly friend
regarding this, what is his opinion, for I know he
does not want the devil to take me. Is it thought
quite essential? Then the thing may be amended,
if I make a catalogue of the Knights mentioned in
this work. But it is never the custom abroad.
“* Honores populi nostri quondam fuese variores et
ob eandem caussam gloriosi, &c.
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>