The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... continual in- tercourse with her brothers , a great predilection for the games and pursuits of boys was developed in her . " I was not shy , " she says of herself , " but wild as a boy , and bold- er and more forward than my elder ...
... continual in- tercourse with her brothers , a great predilection for the games and pursuits of boys was developed in her . " I was not shy , " she says of herself , " but wild as a boy , and bold- er and more forward than my elder ...
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... unavailing . Posts which he had solicited in vain were continually given away to the most insignifich and least talented of the profession . " A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER . ххі All this had XX A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER .
... unavailing . Posts which he had solicited in vain were continually given away to the most insignifich and least talented of the profession . " A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER . ххі All this had XX A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER .
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... continually before her eyes . If her passion for traveling was great , her talents as a traveler were far greater . With- out sacrificing her dignity or becoming importunate , she had the art of first arousing and then benefiting by the ...
... continually before her eyes . If her passion for traveling was great , her talents as a traveler were far greater . With- out sacrificing her dignity or becoming importunate , she had the art of first arousing and then benefiting by the ...
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... continually blowing . From the Hague I made a few excursions - one to the city of Leyden , and another to the busy port of Rotterdam , Leyden is a very dull place . In the busiest streets it is very easy to count the passengers , and it ...
... continually blowing . From the Hague I made a few excursions - one to the city of Leyden , and another to the busy port of Rotterdam , Leyden is a very dull place . In the busiest streets it is very easy to count the passengers , and it ...
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... villages . The picture thus presented is cheerful enough , but when one has it continually before one's eyes it soon becomes monotonous , and creates a crav- DEPARTURE FROM HOLLAND . 71 ing for the sight of 70 IDA PFEIFFER'S LAST TRAVELS .
... villages . The picture thus presented is cheerful enough , but when one has it continually before one's eyes it soon becomes monotonous , and creates a crav- DEPARTURE FROM HOLLAND . 71 ing for the sight of 70 IDA PFEIFFER'S LAST TRAVELS .
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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...