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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... also called the " Bavarian Sea . " This beautiful sheet of water is two German miles in length , and one and a half in breadth . On three sides it is shut in by high mountains , while on the fourth it is bordered by a plain of seemingly.
... also called the " Bavarian Sea . " This beautiful sheet of water is two German miles in length , and one and a half in breadth . On three sides it is shut in by high mountains , while on the fourth it is bordered by a plain of seemingly.
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... side , has been cut in facets of uniform size , with an amount of skill which even the Hollanders are unable to emulate . The size of the manufactory is very striking when one considers the smallness of the objects manipulated ; the ...
... side , has been cut in facets of uniform size , with an amount of skill which even the Hollanders are unable to emulate . The size of the manufactory is very striking when one considers the smallness of the objects manipulated ; the ...
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... sides and raising a dust . All these arrangements were pleasing enough to the eye ; but I fancy , if the poor animals had been con- sulted , they would have voted for a little more freedom , al- though at some sacrifice of neatness ...
... sides and raising a dust . All these arrangements were pleasing enough to the eye ; but I fancy , if the poor animals had been con- sulted , they would have voted for a little more freedom , al- though at some sacrifice of neatness ...
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... side walls taken out . A married pair sat at a ta- ble ; the wife had a child in her lap , and a second was play- ing about at her feet ; the family doctor and another friend were paying a visit , chatting and drinking tea , while the ...
... side walls taken out . A married pair sat at a ta- ble ; the wife had a child in her lap , and a second was play- ing about at her feet ; the family doctor and another friend were paying a visit , chatting and drinking tea , while the ...
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... sides of the canals . In some houses the whole façade was blazing with light , and the portals and balustrades of the bridges glittered with thou- sands of lamps . Some of the streets looked like fairy - land . Toward midnight the ...
... sides of the canals . In some houses the whole façade was blazing with light , and the portals and balustrades of the bridges glittered with thou- sands of lamps . Some of the streets looked like fairy - land . Toward midnight 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...