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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... hand , and her family very courteously per- mitted this manuscript to be used . It is to be followed by summary of her travels , and by her diary in Madagascar , to which her son , Mr. Oscar Pfeiffer , has added the narrative of her ...
... hand , and her family very courteously per- mitted this manuscript to be used . It is to be followed by summary of her travels , and by her diary in Madagascar , to which her son , Mr. Oscar Pfeiffer , has added the narrative of her ...
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... hand . Even in her early childhood she 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 ...
... hand . Even in her early childhood she 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 ...
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... hand , looked with the greatest contempt on every female occupation . Piano - forte playing , for instance , she despised as a feminine accomplishment , and would actu- ally cut her fingers , or burn them with sealing - wax , to es ...
... hand , looked with the greatest contempt on every female occupation . Piano - forte playing , for instance , she despised as a feminine accomplishment , and would actu- ally cut her fingers , or burn them with sealing - wax , to es ...
Página xv
... hand . My mother declined to entertain his offer be- cause he was not a Catholic , and she thought me too young for such a step . According to her ideas , it was indecorous for a girl under twenty years of age to marry . the mpa astic ...
... hand . My mother declined to entertain his offer be- cause he was not a Catholic , and she thought me too young for such a step . According to her ideas , it was indecorous for a girl under twenty years of age to marry . the mpa astic ...
Página xvi
... hand . " But who can paint our grievous surprise when my mother not only entirely refused her consent , but from this moment detested T- just as much as she had before liked him . There could be no other objection to T- except that I ...
... hand . " But who can paint our grievous surprise when my mother not only entirely refused her consent , but from this moment detested T- just as much as she had before liked him . There could be no other objection to T- except that I ...
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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...