The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... friends , proved fatal , prevented her from doing this herself . When , after a few months , I returned from Buenos Ayres to Rio de Janeiro , I found my mother's papers waiting for me there ; but the loss was too recent , and my grief ...
... friends , proved fatal , prevented her from doing this herself . When , after a few months , I returned from Buenos Ayres to Rio de Janeiro , I found my mother's papers waiting for me there ; but the loss was too recent , and my grief ...
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... friends . No authentic sketch of her life has , however , yet been pub- lished , though many whose sympathy has accompanied the dauntless voyager on her dangerous way will doubtless be glad to hear something of the earlier life of Ida ...
... friends . No authentic sketch of her life has , however , yet been pub- lished , though many whose sympathy has accompanied the dauntless voyager on her dangerous way will doubtless be glad to hear something of the earlier life of Ida ...
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... friendship toward the conquer- ors , but nothing could induce the girl to look at the French- men with favor ; on the contrary , she showed her feelings e violin , by obstinacy and silence ; and when requested by the Frenchmen to ...
... friendship toward the conquer- ors , but nothing could induce the girl to look at the French- men with favor ; on the contrary , she showed her feelings e violin , by obstinacy and silence ; and when requested by the Frenchmen to ...
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... friends , and my mother was so fond of him that she often called him her dear sixth son . ' He was at every party in our house , and went with us wherever we accepted an invitation ; always accompanying us to theatres , in our walks ...
... friends , and my mother was so fond of him that she often called him her dear sixth son . ' He was at every party in our house , and went with us wherever we accepted an invitation ; always accompanying us to theatres , in our walks ...
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... friend of my mother's , I met Tby chance . We both stopped involuntarily , but for a long time neither he nor I could utter a word . At last he conquered his emotion , and asked after my health . I was too deeply moved to be able to ...
... friend of my mother's , I met Tby chance . We both stopped involuntarily , but for a long time neither he nor I could utter a word . At last he conquered his emotion , and asked after my health . I was too deeply moved to be able to ...
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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...