The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... invitation ; always accompanying us to theatres , in our walks , and so on . What was more natural than that we should both persuade ourselves that my mother had intend- ed us for each other , and would perhaps only stipulate for our ...
... invitation ; always accompanying us to theatres , in our walks , and so on . What was more natural than that we should both persuade ourselves that my mother had intend- ed us for each other , and would perhaps only stipulate for our ...
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... invitation to take part in it . Were I to chronicle the names of all the eminent people to whom I had the honor of an introduction on this occasion , I should perhaps tire my read- ers ; but in my memory those names will always be im ...
... invitation to take part in it . Were I to chronicle the names of all the eminent people to whom I had the honor of an introduction on this occasion , I should perhaps tire my read- ers ; but in my memory those names will always be im ...
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... past with a gentleman , to set me right . As they were walking in the same direction , they invited me to go with them . On the way she inquired if I BERLIN . - HAMBURG . 49 had been to the 48 IDA PFEIFFER'S LAST TRAVELS .
... past with a gentleman , to set me right . As they were walking in the same direction , they invited me to go with them . On the way she inquired if I BERLIN . - HAMBURG . 49 had been to the 48 IDA PFEIFFER'S LAST TRAVELS .
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... 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 Berlin , and ...
... 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 Berlin , and ...
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... invitation to prolong my stay a little while . The first days were de- voted to the town itself and to the fortifications ; and here and there I snatched an hour for a visit to the fine picture- gallery belonging to Herr Suermondt , and ...
... invitation to prolong my stay a little while . The first days were de- voted to the town itself and to the fortifications ; and here and there I snatched an hour for a visit to the fine picture- gallery belonging to Herr Suermondt , and ...
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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...