The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... poor Girl . - Cape Town . - Fortunate Meeting . — Altera- tion of my traveling Plans ..................... .. CHAPTER VI . 87 Voyage to the Island of Bourbon . — The Mauritius . - Wealth of the Island . -The City of Port Louis ...
... poor Girl . - Cape Town . - Fortunate Meeting . — Altera- tion of my traveling Plans ..................... .. CHAPTER VI . 87 Voyage to the Island of Bourbon . — The Mauritius . - Wealth of the Island . -The City of Port Louis ...
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... bore cold and hunger ; I worked secretly for money , and gave les- sons in drawing and music ; and yet , in spite of all my ex- ertions , there were many days when I could hardly put any thing but dry bread before my poor children for.
... bore cold and hunger ; I worked secretly for money , and gave les- sons in drawing and music ; and yet , in spite of all my ex- ertions , there were many days when I could hardly put any thing but dry bread before my poor children for.
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... poor children for their dinner . " I might certainly have applied to my mother or my brothers for relief , but my pride revolted against such a course . For years I fought with poverty and concealed my real position , often brought so ...
... poor children for their dinner . " I might certainly have applied to my mother or my brothers for relief , but my pride revolted against such a course . For years I fought with poverty and concealed my real position , often brought so ...
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... poor opinion , this picture is the great painter's mas- terpiece . Besides these two great paintings , there are many charming pieces by Steen , Ostade , Rubens , and others . Herr de Boer's bazar is well worth a visit . I have seen ...
... poor opinion , this picture is the great painter's mas- terpiece . Besides these two great paintings , there are many charming pieces by Steen , Ostade , Rubens , and others . Herr de Boer's bazar is well worth a visit . I have seen ...
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... poor . A great portion of the land , having been won from the sea , necessarily consists of a continuous plain , bro- ken here and there only by low banks and " dunes , " about twenty or thirty feet high . In Gueldres and Friesland ...
... poor . A great portion of the land , having been won from the sea , necessarily consists of a continuous plain , bro- ken here and there only by low banks and " dunes , " about twenty or thirty feet high . In Gueldres and Friesland ...
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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...