The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... favor ; on the contrary , she showed her feelings e violin , by obstinacy and silence ; and when requested by the Frenchmen to express her sentiments , she broke out in words of passionate anger and dislike . She herself has said on ...
... favor ; on the contrary , she showed her feelings e violin , by obstinacy and silence ; and when requested by the Frenchmen to express her sentiments , she broke out in words of passionate anger and dislike . She herself has said on ...
Page xix
... favor in my estimation was that he lived a hundred miles from Vienna , and was twenty - four years older than I. " A week afterward she consented to the marriage on the condition that she should be allowed to acquaint Dr. Pfeiffer with ...
... favor in my estimation was that he lived a hundred miles from Vienna , and was twenty - four years older than I. " A week afterward she consented to the marriage on the condition that she should be allowed to acquaint Dr. Pfeiffer with ...
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... favor , I was to be allowed a reduction of five pounds ; but I hoped to find more favorable condi- tions offered in Holland , and the sequel proved that I was not mistaken . Before leaving London I paid a visit to Mr. Shaw , the ...
... favor , I was to be allowed a reduction of five pounds ; but I hoped to find more favorable condi- tions offered in Holland , and the sequel proved that I was not mistaken . Before leaving London I paid a visit to Mr. Shaw , the ...
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... favor . The laborer has also frequently to walk eight or ten miles be- fore he gets to the court . In the week he has no time to go , and on Sundays he finds it closed . If , after much trouble , he at length succeeds in reaching the ...
... favor . The laborer has also frequently to walk eight or ten miles be- fore he gets to the court . In the week he has no time to go , and on Sundays he finds it closed . If , after much trouble , he at length succeeds in reaching the ...
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... favor of the coolies , but the verdict was given in a manner I should never have thought possible in a land under En- glish rule . The judge , or planter , who had heard the plaintiffs in the first three sittings declared that when the ...
... favor of the coolies , but the verdict was given in a manner I should never have thought possible in a land under En- glish rule . The judge , or planter , who had heard the plaintiffs in the first three sittings declared that when 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...