The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... remain unmarried . T- was , of course , forbidden to come to our house , and as my mother knew how obstinately I adhered to my resolutions when I was in earnest about a matter , she took me to a priest , who was enjoined to explain to ...
... remain unmarried . T- was , of course , forbidden to come to our house , and as my mother knew how obstinately I adhered to my resolutions when I was in earnest about a matter , she took me to a priest , who was enjoined to explain to ...
Page 65
... remain until the first of November , and during this time the farmer may be said to make a summer residence of his stable . The hall is divided into compartments or rooms by partitions four feet high , and in these rooms the family ...
... remain until the first of November , and during this time the farmer may be said to make a summer residence of his stable . The hall is divided into compartments or rooms by partitions four feet high , and in these rooms the family ...
Page 67
... remain so still and mo- tionless , expecting them to begin to move . The other picture is just as extraordinary in its way , but I thought the subject less attractive . The surgeon is dis- secting a corpse . He has just laid open the ...
... remain so still and mo- tionless , expecting them to begin to move . The other picture is just as extraordinary in its way , but I thought the subject less attractive . The surgeon is dis- secting a corpse . He has just laid open the ...
Page 79
... of captured flags , and on the walls appear great tablets , graced with the names of celebrated generals . Behind the high altar is the chapel , where the remains of Napoleon , solemnly brought from St. Helena in 1840 , are to rest until.
... of captured flags , and on the walls appear great tablets , graced with the names of celebrated generals . Behind the high altar is the chapel , where the remains of Napoleon , solemnly brought from St. Helena in 1840 , are to rest until.
Page 91
... remain at anchor for some days , with what patience we might , wait- ing for a wind . These few days were enough to convince me that I must prepare myself for a very uncomfortable voyage with very uncongenial companions . The cargo of ...
... remain at anchor for some days , with what patience we might , wait- ing for a wind . These few days were enough to convince me that I must prepare myself for a very uncomfortable voyage with very uncongenial companions . The cargo of ...
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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...