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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... court she afterward published a sufficiently spirited account , which was read with much interest . The state of Europe at that period was one of such tranquillity that , for mere want of matter , the papers were often full of Queen ...
... court she afterward published a sufficiently spirited account , which was read with much interest . The state of Europe at that period was one of such tranquillity that , for mere want of matter , the papers were often full of Queen ...
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... a plain citizen . Afterward in the theatre I saw the king and the whole court in private dress . It is a long time since I have seen a monarch in the garb of a civilian ; crowned heads wear uniforms , and nothing but uniforms , as if they.
... a plain citizen . Afterward in the theatre I saw the king and the whole court in private dress . It is a long time since I have seen a monarch in the garb of a civilian ; crowned heads wear uniforms , and nothing but uniforms , as if they.
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... court , the foreign embassadors , and officials generally . The king has several palaces , not remarkable either for size or for their architecture . They look merely like handsome pri- vate houses . The old chief palace , built in the ...
... court , the foreign embassadors , and officials generally . The king has several palaces , not remarkable either for size or for their architecture . They look merely like handsome pri- vate houses . The old chief palace , built in the ...
Página 75
... court - yards , which are sometimes adorned with flowers - decidedly a more agreea- ble aspect than the tightly - closed doors of London , which seem to give the houses an uninhabited look . In the evening the difference is most ...
... court - yards , which are sometimes adorned with flowers - decidedly a more agreea- ble aspect than the tightly - closed doors of London , which seem to give the houses an uninhabited look . In the evening the difference is most ...
Página 79
... courts are destitute of trees and benches . The officers have had a small garden laid out at their own ex- pense . The dome of the " Invalides " is of great size . The interior is ornamented with a great number of captured flags , and ...
... courts are destitute of trees and benches . The officers have had a small garden laid out at their own ex- pense . The dome of the " Invalides " is of great size . The interior is ornamented with a great number of captured flags , and ...
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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...