The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the AuthorHarper, 1861 - 281 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 37
Página x
... gave many proofs of fearlessness and self - command . Mr. Reyer had peculiar ideas on the subject of educatior and carried out these notions strictly in his family circle He was a very honest , and , moreover , strict man , holding the ...
... gave many proofs of fearlessness and self - command . Mr. Reyer had peculiar ideas on the subject of educatior and carried out these notions strictly in his family circle He was a very honest , and , moreover , strict man , holding the ...
Página xii
... gave many opportunities for the expression of ardent wishes that the Austrian ban- ners might triumph . When Ida , looking from the window , A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER . xiii attempt saw her xii A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER .
... gave many opportunities for the expression of ardent wishes that the Austrian ban- ners might triumph . When Ida , looking from the window , A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER . xiii attempt saw her xii A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER .
Página xvii
... gave the required promise , stip- ulating , however , that I should be allowed to inform T- of every thing . My mother at last made this concession , and I wrote a long letter to T , acquainting him with every thing , and begging him ...
... gave the required promise , stip- ulating , however , that I should be allowed to inform T- of every thing . My mother at last made this concession , and I wrote a long letter to T , acquainting him with every thing , and begging him ...
Página xxi
... and hunger ; I worked secretly for money , and gave les- sons in drawing and music ; and yet , in spite of all my ex- ertions , there were many days when I could hardly put any thing but dry bread before my poor children for.
... and hunger ; I worked secretly for money , and gave les- sons in drawing and music ; and yet , in spite of all my ex- ertions , there were many days when I could hardly put any thing but dry bread before my poor children for.
Página xxiii
... gave Ida Pfeiffer leisure to mature her plans of travel . The old project of seeing the world arose anew , and now no obstacle existed in the calls of duty and common sense . She began to mature a plan for a long journey , to be ...
... gave Ida Pfeiffer leisure to mature her plans of travel . The old project of seeing the world arose anew , and now no obstacle existed in the calls of duty and common sense . She began to mature a plan for a long journey , to be ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The last travels of Ida Pfeiffer: inclusive of a visit to Madagascar, with a ... Ida Pfeiffer Vista previa limitada - 2023 |
The last travels of Ida Pfeiffer: inclusive of a visit to Madagascar, with a ... Ida Pfeiffer Vista previa limitada - 2023 |
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
Pasajes populares
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...