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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... miles from Vienna , and was twenty - four years older than I. " A week afterward she consented to the marriage on the condition that she should be allowed to acquaint Dr. Pfeiffer with the real state of her affections . This she did in ...
... miles from Vienna , and was twenty - four years older than I. " A week afterward she consented to the marriage on the condition that she should be allowed to acquaint Dr. Pfeiffer with the real state of her affections . This she did in ...
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... miles of mountain and plain intervened between the sea and herself , for the longing to see the world had weighed like a mountain on her spirit in the maritime city . Returning to the routine of every - day life in Vienna , she still ...
... miles of mountain and plain intervened between the sea and herself , for the longing to see the world had weighed like a mountain on her spirit in the maritime city . Returning to the routine of every - day life in Vienna , she still ...
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... miles by land and 35,000 by sea , was looked upon , not unnaturally , as a re- markable character . Her third work , which appeared in Vienna in 1850 , under the title " A Woman's Journey round the World , " was well received . It was ...
... miles by land and 35,000 by sea , was looked upon , not unnaturally , as a re- markable character . Her third work , which appeared in Vienna in 1850 , under the title " A Woman's Journey round the World , " was well received . It was ...
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... miles to visit California . For two months she saw nothing but sea and sky . On the 27th of September , 1853 , she land- ed at San Francisco , visited the gold - washing districts on the Sacramento and the Yuba , and slept in the ...
... miles to visit California . For two months she saw nothing but sea and sky . On the 27th of September , 1853 , she land- ed at San Francisco , visited the gold - washing districts on the Sacramento and the Yuba , and slept in the ...
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... miles of sea and 20,000 miles of land ; and the funds for these travels were gained entirely by wise economy , and by the energy with which she kept.
... miles of sea and 20,000 miles of land ; and the funds for these travels were gained entirely by wise economy , and by the energy with which she kept.
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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...