The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... Arrival in Holland . - Amsterdam . - Dutch Architecture . - Picture Galler- ies.-Mr. Costa's Diamond - cutting Works . - The Haarlem Lake . — A Dutch Cattle - stable . - Utrecht . - The Students ' Festival .................. 51 CHAPTER ...
... Arrival in Holland . - Amsterdam . - Dutch Architecture . - Picture Galler- ies.-Mr. Costa's Diamond - cutting Works . - The Haarlem Lake . — A Dutch Cattle - stable . - Utrecht . - The Students ' Festival .................. 51 CHAPTER ...
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... arriving in Vienna in December , 1842 . As she had carefully kept a diary of her journey , from which she frequently read extracts to friends and acquaint- ances , she was often requested to print her experiences . The thought of ...
... arriving in Vienna in December , 1842 . As she had carefully kept a diary of her journey , from which she frequently read extracts to friends and acquaint- ances , she was often requested to print her experiences . The thought of ...
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... arriving in Vienna on the 4th of October , 1845 , after an ab- sence of six months . The journal of this second voyage appeared under the title , " Voyage to the Scandinavian North and the Island of Iceland , " in two volumes , at Pesth ...
... arriving in Vienna on the 4th of October , 1845 , after an ab- sence of six months . The journal of this second voyage appeared under the title , " Voyage to the Scandinavian North and the Island of Iceland , " in two volumes , at Pesth ...
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... arrived at the critical moment . At the beginning of December she left Rio Janeiro , sail- ed round Cape Horn on the ... arriving at Macao in the beginning of July . She afterward visited Hong Kong and the city of Canton , in which she ...
... arrived at the critical moment . At the beginning of December she left Rio Janeiro , sail- ed round Cape Horn on the ... arriving at Macao in the beginning of July . She afterward visited Hong Kong and the city of Canton , in which she ...
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... arrived on the 4th of November , 1848 , just after the taking of the city by the troops of Prince Windischgrätz . It seemed that even in her fatherland , distracted as it was by faction , she was to find no rest . Ida Pfeiffer's fame ...
... arrived on the 4th of November , 1848 , just after the taking of the city by the troops of Prince Windischgrätz . It seemed that even in her fatherland , distracted as it was by faction , she was to find no rest . Ida Pfeiffer's fame ...
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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...