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
... seemed to understand that , under the circumstances , there was no hope for us , and that nothing remained but to obey my mother's commands . He declared positively , however , that he would never marry . " And thus our correspondence ...
... seemed to understand that , under the circumstances , there was no hope for us , and that nothing remained but to obey my mother's commands . He declared positively , however , that he would never marry . " And thus our correspondence ...
Página xviii
... seemed to her preferable to the continuance of such a state of things . She accordingly declared herself ready to accept the next pro- posal that should be made , provided the suitor was of ad- vanced age . She wished to convince T that ...
... seemed to her preferable to the continuance of such a state of things . She accordingly declared herself ready to accept the next pro- posal that should be made , provided the suitor was of ad- vanced age . She wished to convince T that ...
Página xix
... seemed to me a very intelligent , well- ary . educated man ; but a circumstance that told far more in his favor in my estimation was that he lived a hundred miles from Vienna , and was twenty - four years older than I. " A week ...
... seemed to me a very intelligent , well- ary . educated man ; but a circumstance that told far more in his favor in my estimation was that he lived a hundred miles from Vienna , and was twenty - four years older than I. " A week ...
Página xxvi
... seemed enough for me dur- ing a journey of two or three years , and the event proved that I had calculated rightly . " Again concealing the whole extent of her undertaking from her relations , and especially from her sons , and nam- ing ...
... seemed enough for me dur- ing a journey of two or three years , and the event proved that I had calculated rightly . " Again concealing the whole extent of her undertaking from her relations , and especially from her sons , and nam- ing ...
Página xxix
... seemed that even in her fatherland , distracted as it was by faction , she was to find no rest . Ida Pfeiffer's fame spread more and more after this jour ney round the world ; for a woman who , trusting to herself alone for protection ...
... seemed that even in her fatherland , distracted as it was by faction , she was to find no rest . Ida Pfeiffer's fame spread more and more after this jour ney round the world ; for a woman who , trusting to herself alone for protection ...
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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...