The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... beautiful island in various directions , and saw Colombo , Candy , and the famous temple of Dagona . At the end of October she landed on the continent of India , at Madras , remained for some time at Calcutta , proceeded up the Ganges ...
... beautiful island in various directions , and saw Colombo , Candy , and the famous temple of Dagona . At the end of October she landed on the continent of India , at Madras , remained for some time at Calcutta , proceeded up the Ganges ...
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... beautiful trip it is . Few rivers can boast such an endless variety of scenery as greets the eye of the traveler on the Danube . Hill and valley , city and hamlet , magnificent con- vents and elegant villas glide past in endless ...
... beautiful trip it is . Few rivers can boast such an endless variety of scenery as greets the eye of the traveler on the Danube . Hill and valley , city and hamlet , magnificent con- vents and elegant villas glide past in endless ...
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... beautiful it is- wonderfully beautiful . It would be difficult to find a pret- tier little town , or one situate in so fertile a valley , and sur- rounded by such majestic masses of mountains . One of these , the Watzmann , is nearly ...
... beautiful it is- wonderfully beautiful . It would be difficult to find a pret- tier little town , or one situate in so fertile a valley , and sur- rounded by such majestic masses of mountains . One of these , the Watzmann , is nearly ...
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... beautiful meadow surrounded by forests . At Schwanegg , a chateau built in the Gothic style by Herr von Schwanthaler , a com- ic interlude was represented , a parody on Schiller's “ Fight with the Dragon . " The fortress of Schwanegg is ...
... beautiful meadow surrounded by forests . At Schwanegg , a chateau built in the Gothic style by Herr von Schwanthaler , a com- ic interlude was represented , a parody on Schiller's “ Fight with the Dragon . " The fortress of Schwanegg is ...
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... beautiful diamond had proved a failure , and in 1852 the English government sent for a Dutch workman from Herr Costa's establishment to cut the stone artistically . The work occupied the lapidary for six months , and the mere working ...
... beautiful diamond had proved a failure , and in 1852 the English government sent for a Dutch workman from Herr Costa's establishment to cut the stone artistically . The work occupied the lapidary for six months , and the mere working ...
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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...