The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... course of a remarkable life from its meridian to its close will doubtless be gratified by the opportunity of casting a glance backward to its early years , when the seeds of future distinction were sown . This consideration will ...
... course of a remarkable life from its meridian to its close will doubtless be gratified by the opportunity of casting a glance backward to its early years , when the seeds of future distinction were sown . This consideration will ...
Page xi
... course of education , which would hardly find a defender at a time like the present , when ev- ery thing peculiar is hastily condemned . The unusual , with its sharp outlines and deep shadows , disappears more and more in the light of ...
... course of education , which would hardly find a defender at a time like the present , when ev- ery thing peculiar is hastily condemned . The unusual , with its sharp outlines and deep shadows , disappears more and more in the light of ...
Page xvi
... course , forbidden to come to our house , and as my mother knew how obstinately I adhered to my resolutions when I was in earnest about a matter , she took me to a priest , who was enjoined to explain to me the duty of chil dren toward ...
... course , forbidden to come to our house , and as my mother knew how obstinately I adhered to my resolutions when I was in earnest about a matter , she took me to a priest , who was enjoined to explain to me the duty of chil dren toward ...
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... er as I afterward heard , that the source of evil was mental , not bodily ; that medicines would be of little avail in my case , and that every effort must be directed • But my mother persisted in following her own course ,
... er as I afterward heard , that the source of evil was mental , not bodily ; that medicines would be of little avail in my case , and that every effort must be directed • But my mother persisted in following her own course ,
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... course , and told the physician she could not alter any thing about me . " The patient's life hung for a long time in the balance , and in her fevered state of mind she wished ardently for death . When by chance she heard from an ...
... course , and told the physician she could not alter any thing about me . " The patient's life hung for a long time in the balance , and in her fevered state of mind she wished ardently for death . When by chance she heard from an ...
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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...