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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... Fortunate Meeting . — Altera- tion of my traveling Plans ..................... .. CHAPTER VI . 87 Voyage to the Island of Bourbon . — The Mauritius . - Wealth of the Island . -The City of Port Louis . - Manner of Life among the ...
... Fortunate Meeting . — Altera- tion of my traveling Plans ..................... .. CHAPTER VI . 87 Voyage to the Island of Bourbon . — The Mauritius . - Wealth of the Island . -The City of Port Louis . - Manner of Life among the ...
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... fortunate country , paid a short visit to Singapore , and proceeded to Ceylon , landing there in the middle of October . She trav- ersed this beautiful island in various directions , and saw Colombo , Candy , and the famous temple of ...
... fortunate country , paid a short visit to Singapore , and proceeded to Ceylon , landing there in the middle of October . She trav- ersed this beautiful island in various directions , and saw Colombo , Candy , and the famous temple of ...
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... fortunate indi- vidual thus selected has certainly the responsibility of " pay- ing out " his brothers , as it is called ; but they never receive much , as the estate is always appraised considerably below its value , and the chief heir ...
... fortunate indi- vidual thus selected has certainly the responsibility of " pay- ing out " his brothers , as it is called ; but they never receive much , as the estate is always appraised considerably below its value , and the chief heir ...
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... fortunate chance I became acquainted with many distinguished men here , principally artists . The Art- ists ' Festival was being celebrated , and I received a polite invitation to take part in it . Were I to chronicle the names of all ...
... fortunate chance I became acquainted with many distinguished men here , principally artists . The Art- ists ' Festival was being celebrated , and I received a polite invitation to take part in it . Were I to chronicle the names of all ...
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... fortunate enough to meet another very amiable friend , the " Resident ” van Rees , whom the readers of my " Second Journey round the World " will recollect I had encountered at Batavia . Herr van Rees lived at the Hague ; but as soon as ...
... fortunate enough to meet another very amiable friend , the " Resident ” van Rees , whom the readers of my " Second Journey round the World " will recollect I had encountered at Batavia . Herr van Rees lived at the Hague ; but as soon as ...
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Términos y frases comunes
afterward Alexander von Humboldt appeared arrived bearers beautiful BIOGRAPHY OF IDA Bourbon capital Carl Ritter carried certainly Christians costume court Creoles death dress Dutch Dutch guilders Dutch Republic English European favor feast feet fever fortunate French frequently friends girls give half handsome Herr Holland honor Hovas hundred Ida Pfeiffer inhabitants invited island journey kabar kind King Radama Laborde Lambert land live looked Madagascar Mademoiselle Julie Malagasey Mauritius miles missionaries months morning mother natives never night nobles obliged officers once oxen palace Paris passed Peter Booth poor Port Louis possession present Prince Rakoto Queen Ranavola received rice round royal scarcely seemed seen ship Sikidy simbu slaves soldiers Spanish dollar sugar Sumatra Tamatavé Tananariva thing tion To-day told took town traveling trees Vienna village voyage weeks whole wish woman women Zaandam
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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...