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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... feet high . I had only half a day to spend in Salzburg , and had just time to look at the statue of Mozart , set up here since my last visit . Mozart , as is well known , was born in this town in the year 1756 . From Salzburg I took the ...
... feet high . I had only half a day to spend in Salzburg , and had just time to look at the statue of Mozart , set up here since my last visit . Mozart , as is well known , was born in this town in the year 1756 . From Salzburg I took the ...
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... feet , but , instead of fire and flames , this crater contained a charming rural scene . The little houses lay there hidden and secluded as if they belonged to another world . The Inn flowed between them , its yellow waters covered with ...
... feet , but , instead of fire and flames , this crater contained a charming rural scene . The little houses lay there hidden and secluded as if they belonged to another world . The Inn flowed between them , its yellow waters covered with ...
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... feet in height , cut out of card - board , tastefully colored , and mount- ed on lofty poles . In short , one frolic succeeded another , and the appreciating public enjoyed the sight most une- quivocally ; it was a thorough " people's ...
... feet in height , cut out of card - board , tastefully colored , and mount- ed on lofty poles . In short , one frolic succeeded another , and the appreciating public enjoyed the sight most une- quivocally ; it was a thorough " people's ...
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... feet long and three stories high . The various operations are conducted in the following way : the rough diamond passes first into the hands of the planer , then into those of the cutter , and finally is handed to the grinder . The ...
... feet long and three stories high . The various operations are conducted in the following way : the rough diamond passes first into the hands of the planer , then into those of the cutter , and finally is handed to the grinder . The ...
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... feet deep , was begun in February , 1849 , and the whole great work was completed in four years . Engines of 400 - horse power were set up in three different places ; each of these engines raised the pistons of eight pumps six times a ...
... feet deep , was begun in February , 1849 , and the whole great work was completed in four years . Engines of 400 - horse power were set up in three different places ; each of these engines raised the pistons of eight pumps six times a ...
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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...