The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... carried out these notions strictly in his family circle He was a very honest , and , moreover , strict man , holding the opinion that youth should be carefully guarded against excess , and taught to moderate its desires and wishes ; con ...
... carried out these notions strictly in his family circle He was a very honest , and , moreover , strict man , holding the opinion that youth should be carefully guarded against excess , and taught to moderate its desires and wishes ; con ...
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... carried his sys- tem to excess , but it is equally certain that , but for this Spartan education , little Ida would never have ripened into the fearless traveler , able to bear the heaviest fatigue for months together , living meanwhile ...
... carried his sys- tem to excess , but it is equally certain that , but for this Spartan education , little Ida would never have ripened into the fearless traveler , able to bear the heaviest fatigue for months together , living meanwhile ...
Page xxiii
... were unknown institutions , and travelers in those regions would be necessarily subjected to the expense of carrying with them all they required during the journey ; • and after she had devoted part of her maternal inheritance.
... were unknown institutions , and travelers in those regions would be necessarily subjected to the expense of carrying with them all they required during the journey ; • and after she had devoted part of her maternal inheritance.
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... carrying out her plans , her achievements become marvelous . She traversed nearly 150,000 miles of sea and 20,000 miles of land ; and the funds for these travels were gained entirely by wise economy , and by the energy with which she kept.
... carrying out her plans , her achievements become marvelous . She traversed nearly 150,000 miles of sea and 20,000 miles of land ; and the funds for these travels were gained entirely by wise economy , and by the energy with which she kept.
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... carried the first harvest last year . His house , too , was finished , and had been built with much taste . Here I first saw how far the Hollanders ' predilection for cattle - breeding leads them ; the cow - stable was indisputably the ...
... carried the first harvest last year . His house , too , was finished , and had been built with much taste . Here I first saw how far the Hollanders ' predilection for cattle - breeding leads them ; the cow - stable was indisputably the ...
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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...