The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... Paris . - Sitting of the Geographical Society . - News from Mada- gascar . - Popular Life in Paris . - Sights . - A Tale of Murder . - Versailles . -St . Cloud . - Celebration of Sunday . CHAPTER V. 72 Return to London and Holland ...
... Paris . - Sitting of the Geographical Society . - News from Mada- gascar . - Popular Life in Paris . - Sights . - A Tale of Murder . - Versailles . -St . Cloud . - Celebration of Sunday . CHAPTER V. 72 Return to London and Holland ...
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... fat pastures and meadows , the plentiful crops of great heavy corn - ears , and the strong , lofty trees . is Holland , will not deny , but certainly not a beautiful one . pro- CHAPTER IV . London . - Paris . - Sitting.
... fat pastures and meadows , the plentiful crops of great heavy corn - ears , and the strong , lofty trees . is Holland , will not deny , but certainly not a beautiful one . pro- CHAPTER IV . London . - Paris . - Sitting.
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... Paris . - Sitting of the Geographical Society . - News from Mada- gascar . - Popular Life in Paris . - Sights . - A Tale of Murder . - Versailles . -St . Cloud . - Celebration of Sunday . ON the 2d of July I quitted Rotterdam , and ...
... Paris . - Sitting of the Geographical Society . - News from Mada- gascar . - Popular Life in Paris . - Sights . - A Tale of Murder . - Versailles . -St . Cloud . - Celebration of Sunday . ON the 2d of July I quitted Rotterdam , and ...
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... Paris with my business in a very unfinished state . The few days which I spent in this great city I utilized as much as possible in getting at least a glance at its many objects of interest . Of course I should not dream of giving an ...
... Paris with my business in a very unfinished state . The few days which I spent in this great city I utilized as much as possible in getting at least a glance at its many objects of interest . Of course I should not dream of giving an ...
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... PARIS . 115 75 ures , wending their way with restless steps , careless of all that is passing around them , and seeming to consider every wasted minute as an irreparable loss . In Paris , lounging seems the order of the day , and even ...
... PARIS . 115 75 ures , wending their way with restless steps , careless of all that is passing around them , and seeming to consider every wasted minute as an irreparable loss . In Paris , lounging seems the order of the day , and even ...
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Page 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...