The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... honor these pages with their perusal can show more simplicity in the adornment of her beauty , or greater indifference to the re- quirements of custom , than were displayed by this voyager round the world . Straightforward , of high ...
... honor these pages with their perusal can show more simplicity in the adornment of her beauty , or greater indifference to the re- quirements of custom , than were displayed by this voyager round the world . Straightforward , of high ...
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... honor of an introduction on this occasion , I should perhaps tire my read- ers ; but in my memory those names will always be im- pressed . I must devote a few words , however , to the festival , which is celebrated every year on a fine ...
... honor of an introduction on this occasion , I should perhaps tire my read- ers ; but in my memory those names will always be im- pressed . I must devote a few words , however , to the festival , which is celebrated every year on a fine ...
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... honored by the pres- ence of King Max , who came in the dress of a plain citizen . Afterward in the theatre I saw the king and the whole court in private dress . It is a long time since I have seen a monarch in the garb of a civilian ...
... honored by the pres- ence of King Max , who came in the dress of a plain citizen . Afterward in the theatre I saw the king and the whole court in private dress . It is a long time since I have seen a monarch in the garb of a civilian ...
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... honors the citizens , and does not scruple to associate with them . He marched along with the great crowd , with no followers to accompany or police to escort him . He clear- ed a path for himself , and the people passed to and fro ...
... honors the citizens , and does not scruple to associate with them . He marched along with the great crowd , with no followers to accompany or police to escort him . He clear- ed a path for himself , and the people passed to and fro ...
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... honor by inviting me to a sitting of the Geographical Society . In March last I had been received as an honorary member of that body , and was the first woman to whom such a distinction had been accorded . I I only staid a week in ...
... honor by inviting me to a sitting of the Geographical Society . In March last I had been received as an honorary member of that body , and was the first woman to whom such a distinction had been accorded . I I only staid a week in ...
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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...