The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... palace - the council - house of old times . This is built in a grand style , and beautified with excellent sculpture . I must farther mention a few peculiarities of Amsterdam which greatly surprised me . The first was , that in this ...
... palace - the council - house of old times . This is built in a grand style , and beautified with excellent sculpture . I must farther mention a few peculiarities of Amsterdam which greatly surprised me . The first was , that in this ...
Page 58
... palace , and likewise a portion of the town . I noticed over the door of a house an oval disk , about a foot and a half in length , covered with pink silk , and ornamented with rich lace in ample folds . They told me this was a sign ...
... palace , and likewise a portion of the town . I noticed over the door of a house an oval disk , about a foot and a half in length , covered with pink silk , and ornamented with rich lace in ample folds . They told me this was a sign ...
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... remarkable either for size or for their architecture . They look merely like handsome pri- vate houses . The old chief palace , built in the town itself , THE HAGUE . - PICTURE GALLERY . 67 is a 66 IDA PFEIFFER'S LAST TRAVELS .
... remarkable either for size or for their architecture . They look merely like handsome pri- vate houses . The old chief palace , built in the town itself , THE HAGUE . - PICTURE GALLERY . 67 is a 66 IDA PFEIFFER'S LAST TRAVELS .
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... palace , built in a se- vere style , possesses a rich gallery of pictures , mostly mod- ern pieces . The halls and chambers are arranged with great splendor and true artistic taste . Of the churches I visited but few . Notre Dame is dis ...
... palace , built in a se- vere style , possesses a rich gallery of pictures , mostly mod- ern pieces . The halls and chambers are arranged with great splendor and true artistic taste . Of the churches I visited but few . Notre Dame is dis ...
Page 88
... this opportunity of starting , I urged Herr Oversee to give me a berth in this portion of the ship . The kind man ac- that Nex teare Son ed on palace the le EHPL . Fax THE " SEPARATION - FEAST " IN 88 IDA PFEIFFER'S LAST TRAVELS .
... this opportunity of starting , I urged Herr Oversee to give me a berth in this portion of the ship . The kind man ac- that Nex teare Son ed on palace the le EHPL . Fax THE " SEPARATION - FEAST " IN 88 IDA PFEIFFER'S LAST TRAVELS .
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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...