The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... woman , should venture into the world alone , I trusted to my years ( I was already forty - five ) , to my courage , and to the habit of self - reliance I had ac- quired in the hard school of life , during the time when I was obliged to ...
... woman , should venture into the world alone , I trusted to my years ( I was already forty - five ) , to my courage , and to the habit of self - reliance I had ac- quired in the hard school of life , during the time when I was obliged to ...
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... woman ; and when once she had conceived the idea , she could not rest until it was put in execution . " Greater privations and fatigue than I had endured in Syria and Iceland , " she writes , " I could scarcely have to encounter . The ...
... woman ; and when once she had conceived the idea , she could not rest until it was put in execution . " Greater privations and fatigue than I had endured in Syria and Iceland , " she writes , " I could scarcely have to encounter . The ...
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... China , arriving at Macao in the beginning of July . She afterward visited Hong Kong and the city of Canton , in which she would gladly have spent more time , had not the appearance of a European woman been too much for the.
... China , arriving at Macao in the beginning of July . She afterward visited Hong Kong and the city of Canton , in which she would gladly have spent more time , had not the appearance of a European woman been too much for the.
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... woman been too much for the weak nerves of the natives of the Celestial Empire . The visitor found herself in danger of being insulted by the mob , and accordingly turned her back on the fortunate country , paid a short visit to ...
... woman been too much for the weak nerves of the natives of the Celestial Empire . The visitor found herself in danger of being insulted by the mob , and accordingly turned her back on the fortunate country , paid a short visit to ...
Page xxix
... woman could have achieved such a feat . At Tebris our traveler was introduced to the vice - king Vali - Ahd , and received permission to visit his harem . On the 11th of August , 1848 , she resumed her journey through Armenia , Georgia ...
... woman could have achieved such a feat . At Tebris our traveler was introduced to the vice - king Vali - Ahd , and received permission to visit his harem . On the 11th of August , 1848 , she resumed her journey through Armenia , Georgia ...
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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...