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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... never allow , and even re- monstrances against a discipline that bordered on harshness were always unavailing . ts in- the vas old- dds 5 , to nad any ear Con play fa , this girl ary lay did lent ord any or · le ing nst on- rsi- and ...
... never allow , and even re- monstrances against a discipline that bordered on harshness were always unavailing . ts in- the vas old- dds 5 , to nad any ear Con play fa , this girl ary lay did lent ord any or · le ing nst on- rsi- and ...
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... never so happy as when he appeared satisfied with my endeavors . He conducted my entire education ; and though it cost me some tears to give up my youthful visions , and busy my- self with pursuits I had looked upon with contempt , I ...
... never so happy as when he appeared satisfied with my endeavors . He conducted my entire education ; and though it cost me some tears to give up my youthful visions , and busy my- self with pursuits I had looked upon with contempt , I ...
Página xvii
... never marry . " And thus our correspondence closed . Three long , sor- rowful years passed away without my seeing him , and with- out any change in my feelings or position . แ Walking one day with a friend of my mother's , I met Tby ...
... never marry . " And thus our correspondence closed . Three long , sor- rowful years passed away without my seeing him , and with- out any change in my feelings or position . แ Walking one day with a friend of my mother's , I met Tby ...
Página xix
... never for- get her , and would never marry . He kept his word . The marriage with Dr. Pfeiffer was celebrated on the 1st of May , 1820 , and a week afterward the newly - wedded couple departed for Lemberg . The journey brought relief by ...
... never for- get her , and would never marry . He kept his word . The marriage with Dr. Pfeiffer was celebrated on the 1st of May , 1820 , and a week afterward the newly - wedded couple departed for Lemberg . The journey brought relief by ...
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... never yet traversed by Europeans ; but she could endure no one to be her guide or companion on so danger . ous an expedition . She therefore cast her eyes on Java , and landed at Batavia at the end of May , 1852. Here , like- wise , she ...
... never yet traversed by Europeans ; but she could endure no one to be her guide or companion on so danger . ous an expedition . She therefore cast her eyes on Java , and landed at Batavia at the end of May , 1852. Here , like- wise , she ...
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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...