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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Página xvii
... once inform T- the circumstance . แ of He " T ——— ' s reply was short , and full of bitter sorrow . seemed to understand that , under the circumstances , there was no hope for us , and that nothing remained but to obey my mother's ...
... once inform T- the circumstance . แ of He " T ——— ' s reply was short , and full of bitter sorrow . seemed to understand that , under the circumstances , there was no hope for us , and that nothing remained but to obey my mother's ...
Página xix
... once replied , expressing him- self not in the least surprised to hear that a maiden of twenty - two years had already loved . The honest , candid avowal of this passage in her life made Ida appear in his eyes all the more worthy of ...
... once replied , expressing him- self not in the least surprised to hear that a maiden of twenty - two years had already loved . The honest , candid avowal of this passage in her life made Ida appear in his eyes all the more worthy of ...
Página xxv
... once gain- ed numerous readers for the book . The good result of this first journey , which gave the pil- grim fresh funds in the form of copyright money , awakened within her fresh plans ; and this time she felt impelled to- ward the ...
... once gain- ed numerous readers for the book . The good result of this first journey , which gave the pil- grim fresh funds in the form of copyright money , awakened within her fresh plans ; and this time she felt impelled to- ward the ...
Página xxvi
... once she had conceived the idea , she could not rest until it was put in execution . " Greater privations and fatigue than I had endured in Syria and Iceland , " she writes , " I could scarcely have to encounter . The expense did not ...
... once she had conceived the idea , she could not rest until it was put in execution . " Greater privations and fatigue than I had endured in Syria and Iceland , " she writes , " I could scarcely have to encounter . The expense did not ...
Página xxxvi
... once formed . Even when she appeared to give way , it generally happened that she returned by some circuitous route or other to her old start- ing - point . For every kind of knowledge she showed the most pro- found respect , but ...
... once formed . Even when she appeared to give way , it generally happened that she returned by some circuitous route or other to her old start- ing - point . For every kind of knowledge she showed the most pro- found respect , but ...
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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
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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...