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 xviii
... weeks afterward came a letter from Dr. Pfeif- fer , containing a formal proposal for Ida's hand . As he had only exchanged a few words with her on totally unim- portant subjects , she had not the least anticipation of an of fer in that ...
... weeks afterward came a letter from Dr. Pfeif- fer , containing a formal proposal for Ida's hand . As he had only exchanged a few words with her on totally unim- portant subjects , she had not the least anticipation of an of fer in that ...
Página xix
... week afterward she consented to the marriage on the condition that she should be allowed to acquaint Dr. Pfeiffer with the real state of her affections . This she did in a long letter , in which she concealed nothing from her suitor ...
... week afterward she consented to the marriage on the condition that she should be allowed to acquaint Dr. Pfeiffer with the real state of her affections . This she did in a long letter , in which she concealed nothing from her suitor ...
Página xxvii
... weeks to- gether . Her Otaheitan majesty has now gone considerably out of fashion , inasmuch as Europe has enough to do with its own concerns , and has neither time nor inclination to patronize happy islands in the far Pacific . From ...
... weeks to- gether . Her Otaheitan majesty has now gone considerably out of fashion , inasmuch as Europe has enough to do with its own concerns , and has neither time nor inclination to patronize happy islands in the far Pacific . From ...
Página 44
... week ; the table d'hôte , twenty - four kreutzers ; a one - horse carriage can be had for two florins a day , and other ex- penses are in proportion . This pleasant bathing - place , when its existence becomes more widely known , can ...
... week ; the table d'hôte , twenty - four kreutzers ; a one - horse carriage can be had for two florins a day , and other ex- penses are in proportion . This pleasant bathing - place , when its existence becomes more widely known , can ...
Página 49
... week in Berlin , and proceeded thence to Hamburg ( a distance of thirty - eight German miles ) , taking up my quarters again with the worthy Schulz family . But in Hamburg also there was no long tarrying for me . wanted to husband my ...
... week in Berlin , and proceeded thence to Hamburg ( a distance of thirty - eight German miles ) , taking up my quarters again with the worthy Schulz family . But in Hamburg also there was no long tarrying for me . wanted to husband my ...
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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...