The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... soon settled these weighty points to my satisfac- tion , " she writes in her diary . " Respecting the first , namely , the design that I , a woman , should venture into the world alone , I trusted to my years ( I was already forty ...
... soon settled these weighty points to my satisfac- tion , " she writes in her diary . " Respecting the first , namely , the design that I , a woman , should venture into the world alone , I trusted to my years ( I was already forty ...
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... years ago great ships sailed , and where the fisherman spread his nets , thousands of cows now graze , and beauteous fields and meadows smile with verdure ; nay , scattered houses , already fast increasing , will soon probably.
... years ago great ships sailed , and where the fisherman spread his nets , thousands of cows now graze , and beauteous fields and meadows smile with verdure ; nay , scattered houses , already fast increasing , will soon probably.
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... soon probably expand into towns and villages . The pumping out of this lake , which was about thirteen feet deep , was begun in February , 1849 , and the whole great work was completed in four years . Engines of 400 - horse power were ...
... soon probably expand into towns and villages . The pumping out of this lake , which was about thirteen feet deep , was begun in February , 1849 , and the whole great work was completed in four years . Engines of 400 - horse power were ...
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... throughout Holland , which , in my hum- ble opinion , is not very seemly or worthy of imitation . As soon as the coffee or tea - drinking is over , the lady or daugh- ter of the house , or one of the female C 2 A DUTCH COW-STABLE. ...
... throughout Holland , which , in my hum- ble opinion , is not very seemly or worthy of imitation . As soon as the coffee or tea - drinking is over , the lady or daugh- ter of the house , or one of the female C 2 A DUTCH COW-STABLE. ...
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... soon as he heard of my arrival in Holland he came to Amsterdam to invite me to make a short tour through his native country . We began by an excursion to Utrecht , where a great Students ' Festival happened to be going on when we ar ...
... soon as he heard of my arrival in Holland he came to Amsterdam to invite me to make a short tour through his native country . We began by an excursion to Utrecht , where a great Students ' Festival happened to be going on when we ar ...
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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...