The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... interest in the fortunes of the war . She read the newspaper eagerly , and often traced out on the map the relative positions of the two armies . She danced and shouted with glee , like a good patriot , when the Aus- trians conquered ...
... interest in the fortunes of the war . She read the newspaper eagerly , and often traced out on the map the relative positions of the two armies . She danced and shouted with glee , like a good patriot , when the Aus- trians conquered ...
Page xv
... interest , and literature of this kind occupied in in her mind the place that , in the majority of young girls ' ity heads , is filled with thoughts of dress , balls , theatres , and de amusements generally . When she heard of any one ...
... interest , and literature of this kind occupied in in her mind the place that , in the majority of young girls ' ity heads , is filled with thoughts of dress , balls , theatres , and de amusements generally . When she heard of any one ...
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... interests . " My husband , " writes Ida Pfeiffer , " had foreseen all this ; but it went against his nature to shut his eyes to fla- grant injustice . In the same year he resigned his office , and , after he had arranged his private ...
... interests . " My husband , " writes Ida Pfeiffer , " had foreseen all this ; but it went against his nature to shut his eyes to fla- grant injustice . In the same year he resigned his office , and , after he had arranged his private ...
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... interest . The state of Europe at that period was one of such tranquillity that , for mere want of matter , the papers were often full of Queen Pomare for weeks to- gether . Her Otaheitan majesty has now gone considerably out of fashion ...
... interest . The state of Europe at that period was one of such tranquillity that , for mere want of matter , the papers were often full of Queen Pomare for weeks to- gether . Her Otaheitan majesty has now gone considerably out of fashion ...
Page xxxii
... most part deposited in the British Museum and in the Imperial Cabinets in Vienna . Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter , in Berlin , took A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER . Xxxiii great interest in xxxii A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER .
... most part deposited in the British Museum and in the Imperial Cabinets in Vienna . Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter , in Berlin , took A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER . Xxxiii great interest in xxxii A BIOGRAPHY OF IDA PFEIFFER .
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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...