The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the AuthorHarper, 1861 - 281 páginas |
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... Prince Pückler - Muskau , Chateaubriand , or Lamartine for a fortnight's excursion , but which seemed enough for me dur- ing a journey of two or three years , and the event proved that I had calculated rightly . " Again concealing the ...
... Prince Pückler - Muskau , Chateaubriand , or Lamartine for a fortnight's excursion , but which seemed enough for me dur- ing a journey of two or three years , and the event proved that I had calculated rightly . " Again concealing the ...
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... Prince Windischgrätz . It seemed that even in her fatherland , distracted as it was by faction , she was to find no rest . Ida Pfeiffer's fame spread more and more after this jour ney round the world ; for a woman who , trusting to ...
... Prince Windischgrätz . It seemed that even in her fatherland , distracted as it was by faction , she was to find no rest . Ida Pfeiffer's fame spread more and more after this jour ney round the world ; for a woman who , trusting to ...
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... Prince Ramanetak . This prince had just claims to the throne ; and as Queen Ranavola soon made herself hated by the people for her cruel and blood- thirsty rule , he might well have succeeded , with French help , in effecting a ...
... Prince Ramanetak . This prince had just claims to the throne ; and as Queen Ranavola soon made herself hated by the people for her cruel and blood- thirsty rule , he might well have succeeded , with French help , in effecting a ...
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... Prince Rakoto , son of Queen Ranavola , though he was born long after King Radama's death , is looked upon as the son of that monarch . It likewise frequently happens that men who have no children by their own wives marry girls who ...
... Prince Rakoto , son of Queen Ranavola , though he was born long after King Radama's death , is looked upon as the son of that monarch . It likewise frequently happens that men who have no children by their own wives marry girls who ...
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... prince was proposed , one of the officers went to the door and shouted out to the soldiers in the yard the name of the person thus honored ; thereupon the music struck up , and all the gentlemen drank the toast , standing . The dinner ...
... prince was proposed , one of the officers went to the door and shouted out to the soldiers in the yard the name of the person thus honored ; thereupon the music struck up , and all the gentlemen drank the toast , standing . The dinner ...
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Página 146 - Some let these tails hang all about their heads, while others unite them into bands or bunches, so as to cover the whole head. This kind of head-dress takes a good deal of time in preparing, particularly in the cases of the richer Malagaseys, who have their hair plaited into an infinite number of these little tails. On the head of one of these native beauties I counted above sixty plaits. The good lady's slaves must have had a good day's work in bringing them to the right pitch of perfection. On...