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 xv
... person . When , however , Theard of the proposal that had been he made for me , and when the possibility of losing me arose the before him , he confessed his love to me , and determined to urge his suit to my mother . ring ited " T ...
... person . When , however , Theard of the proposal that had been he made for me , and when the possibility of losing me arose the before him , he confessed his love to me , and determined to urge his suit to my mother . ring ited " T ...
Página xxiv
... person , and no- body thought her in earnest in the matter . Nevertheless , she kept to her resolution , but concealed the real goal of her journey , declaring that her intention was to visit a friend at Constantinople , with whom she ...
... person , and no- body thought her in earnest in the matter . Nevertheless , she kept to her resolution , but concealed the real goal of her journey , declaring that her intention was to visit a friend at Constantinople , with whom she ...
Página xxxvi
... Persons of higher rank than herself were obliged to be very careful in their intercourse with her ; but with plain , unpre- tending people she never uttered a word that could hurt or offend . Hating all pretension , and all boastful ...
... Persons of higher rank than herself were obliged to be very careful in their intercourse with her ; but with plain , unpre- tending people she never uttered a word that could hurt or offend . Hating all pretension , and all boastful ...
Página 49
... person in question . I replied that the " great traveler " was a quiet little woman , and that I knew her well enough ; if I wanted to see her I had only to look in a glass . The good people seemed very glad to see me , and insisted on ...
... person in question . I replied that the " great traveler " was a quiet little woman , and that I knew her well enough ; if I wanted to see her I had only to look in a glass . The good people seemed very glad to see me , and insisted on ...
Página 69
... person . Unhappily , our time was so limited that we could only give a passing glance at all these wonders . The museums are separated , because it was impossible , we were told , to find a single building with the requisite number of ...
... person . Unhappily , our time was so limited that we could only give a passing glance at all these wonders . The museums are separated , because it was impossible , we were told , to find a single building with the requisite number of ...
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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...