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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... thought a sufficient justification for publishing the following pages ; the more so as the facts given in this biographical sketch rest exclu- sively on the authority of the heroine herself . Madame Ida Pfeiffer left behind her a short ...
... thought a sufficient justification for publishing the following pages ; the more so as the facts given in this biographical sketch rest exclu- sively on the authority of the heroine herself . Madame Ida Pfeiffer left behind her a short ...
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... thought a boy should know with industry and zeal , and , on the other hand , looked with the greatest contempt on every female occupation . Piano - forte playing , for instance , she despised as a feminine accomplishment , and would ...
... thought a boy should know with industry and zeal , and , on the other hand , looked with the greatest contempt on every female occupation . Piano - forte playing , for instance , she despised as a feminine accomplishment , and would ...
Página xiii
... thought it best to keep up an appearance of friendship toward the conquer- ors , but nothing could induce the girl to look at the French- men with favor ; on the contrary , she showed her feelings e violin , by obstinacy and silence ...
... thought it best to keep up an appearance of friendship toward the conquer- ors , but nothing could induce the girl to look at the French- men with favor ; on the contrary , she showed her feelings e violin , by obstinacy and silence ...
Página xiv
... first wish to see the world . She turned her thoughts from war and soldiering to fix them upon travel ; descriptions of voyages excited mac bef urg re , A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER . XV her xiv A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER .
... first wish to see the world . She turned her thoughts from war and soldiering to fix them upon travel ; descriptions of voyages excited mac bef urg re , A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER . XV her xiv A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER .
Página xv
... thoughts of dress , balls , theatres , and de amusements generally . When she heard of any one who lso had attained ... thought me too young for such a step . According to her ideas , it was indecorous for a girl under twenty years of ...
... thoughts of dress , balls , theatres , and de amusements generally . When she heard of any one who lso had attained ... thought me too young for such a step . According to her ideas , it was indecorous for a girl under twenty years of ...
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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...