The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... present , when ev- ery thing peculiar is hastily condemned . The unusual , with its sharp outlines and deep shadows , disappears more and more in the light of common - sense mediocrity , and the characteristic heads that we remember in ...
... present , when ev- ery thing peculiar is hastily condemned . The unusual , with its sharp outlines and deep shadows , disappears more and more in the light of common - sense mediocrity , and the characteristic heads that we remember in ...
Page xv
... present century the daughters of middle - class families did not enjoy the education they receive now . as to liest An important passage in the life of Ida Pfeiffer shall be aved related in her own words . She tells us : fear great " In ...
... present century the daughters of middle - class families did not enjoy the education they receive now . as to liest An important passage in the life of Ida Pfeiffer shall be aved related in her own words . She tells us : fear great " In ...
Page xvi
... present nothing but his modest . salary . If my mother could have imagined what was one day to become of my fortune , how very different my fate would be from what she had sketched out for me in her mind , what deep sorrow and endless ...
... present nothing but his modest . salary . If my mother could have imagined what was one day to become of my fortune , how very different my fate would be from what she had sketched out for me in her mind , what deep sorrow and endless ...
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... present , and at a sut- tee . The position and proceedings of the English mission- aries also excited her especial attention . At the end of April , 1848 , we find Ida Pfeiffer again at sea , bearing her pilgrim's staff toward Persia ...
... present , and at a sut- tee . The position and proceedings of the English mission- aries also excited her especial attention . At the end of April , 1848 , we find Ida Pfeiffer again at sea , bearing her pilgrim's staff toward Persia ...
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... present the auspicious appearance under which it had begun . I made acquaintance with several passengers on board , and among the rest with the wife of the respected physician , Dr. Pleninger , of Linz . This amiable lady insisted upon ...
... present the auspicious appearance under which it had begun . I made acquaintance with several passengers on board , and among the rest with the wife of the respected physician , Dr. Pleninger , of Linz . This amiable lady insisted upon ...
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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...