The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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Page xi
... 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 our youth gradu- ally ...
... 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 our youth gradu- ally ...
Page xii
... thing that she thought a boy should know with industry and zeal , and , on the other hand , looked with the greatest contempt on every female occupation . Piano - forte playing , for instance , she despised as a feminine accomplishment ...
... thing that she thought a boy should know with industry and zeal , and , on the other hand , looked with the greatest contempt on every female occupation . Piano - forte playing , for instance , she despised as a feminine accomplishment ...
Page xvii
... thing . My mother at last made this concession , and I wrote a long letter to T , acquainting him with every thing , and begging him not to believe any thing he heard concerning me from other people . I added that it was out of my power ...
... thing . My mother at last made this concession , and I wrote a long letter to T , acquainting him with every thing , and begging him not to believe any thing he heard concerning me from other people . I added that it was out of my power ...
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... thing about me . " The patient's life hung for a long time in the balance , and in her fevered state of mind she ... things . She accordingly declared herself ready to accept the next pro- posal that should be made , provided the suitor ...
... thing about me . " The patient's life hung for a long time in the balance , and in her fevered state of mind she ... things . She accordingly declared herself ready to accept the next pro- posal that should be made , provided the suitor ...
Page xxi
... and 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.
... and 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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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...