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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... seen to wear trinkets or jewels ; and none of the lady readers who honor these pages with their perusal can show more simplicity in the adornment of her beauty , or greater indifference to the re- quirements of custom , than were ...
... seen to wear trinkets or jewels ; and none of the lady readers who honor these pages with their perusal can show more simplicity in the adornment of her beauty , or greater indifference to the re- quirements of custom , than were ...
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... seen from the watch - tower , and the inmates of the castle straightway assemble on the threshold , and in very comic verses implore the knight to deliver them from their enemy . Then follows the combat , with discomfiture of the dragon ...
... seen from the watch - tower , and the inmates of the castle straightway assemble on the threshold , and in very comic verses implore the knight to deliver them from their enemy . Then follows the combat , with discomfiture of the dragon ...
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... seen the " great traveler , " Ida Pfeiffer , there . My questioner added that she had been with her husband , but only in the even- ing , and had not seen the person in question . I replied that the " great traveler " was a quiet little ...
... seen the " great traveler , " Ida Pfeiffer , there . My questioner added that she had been with her husband , but only in the even- ing , and had not seen the person in question . I replied that the " great traveler " was a quiet little ...
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... seen , for instance , in Magdeburg . The houses , inhabited generally by a single family , are very narrow , from two to four stories high , terminating in front- ed or rounded gable roofs . They are built of brick stained with a dark ...
... seen , for instance , in Magdeburg . The houses , inhabited generally by a single family , are very narrow , from two to four stories high , terminating in front- ed or rounded gable roofs . They are built of brick stained with a dark ...
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... seen traversing the paved streets in sledges . These sledges - low carriage bod- ies mounted on frames of wood and iron without wheels— are called " steepkoets , " and are used chiefly by old peo- ple . The pace is very slow , but the ...
... seen traversing the paved streets in sledges . These sledges - low carriage bod- ies mounted on frames of wood and iron without wheels— are called " steepkoets , " and are used chiefly by old peo- ple . The pace is very slow , but the ...
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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...