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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... officer in a military school , thus indirectly encouraging the child to a display of courage , resolution , and contempt of danger . Ida did not fail to cultivate these qualities , and her most ardent wish was to carve her own way ...
... officer in a military school , thus indirectly encouraging the child to a display of courage , resolution , and contempt of danger . Ida did not fail to cultivate these qualities , and her most ardent wish was to carve her own way ...
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... officers have had a small garden laid out at their own ex- pense . The dome of the " Invalides " is of great size . The interior is ornamented with a great number of captured flags , and on the walls appear great tablets , graced with ...
... officers have had a small garden laid out at their own ex- pense . The dome of the " Invalides " is of great size . The interior is ornamented with a great number of captured flags , and on the walls appear great tablets , graced with ...
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... officers had come on board , and looked very care- fully at the ship and at me . As I had the queen's royal permission to set foot in her kingdom , no farther difficulty Iwas made , and I was free to land . Here certain custom- house ...
... officers had come on board , and looked very care- fully at the ship and at me . As I had the queen's royal permission to set foot in her kingdom , no farther difficulty Iwas made , and I was free to land . Here certain custom- house ...
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... officers and exalted personages ; I had to learn this to my cost . In the little hut assigned to me by Made- moiselle Julie as a dwelling , there was no lock to the door ; but as my quarters were in close proximity to her dwell- ing ...
... officers and exalted personages ; I had to learn this to my cost . In the little hut assigned to me by Made- moiselle Julie as a dwelling , there was no lock to the door ; but as my quarters were in close proximity to her dwell- ing ...
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... Officers . - Banquet and Ball . - De- parture from Tamatavé . —Second Visit to Antandroroko . — Vovong.— The Fever . - Andororanto . -Land and Cultivation . - Condition of the People . - Manambotre . - The bad Roads and the Bearers ...
... Officers . - Banquet and Ball . - De- parture from Tamatavé . —Second Visit to Antandroroko . — Vovong.— The Fever . - Andororanto . -Land and Cultivation . - Condition of the People . - Manambotre . - The bad Roads and the Bearers ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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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...