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" Many of the women were very pretty, and, like all ladies, would have been much prettier if they had only let themselves alone. Fortunately, the dears could not change their charming black eyes, beautiful foreheads, nicely rounded limbs, well-shaped forms,... "
The American Exchange and Review - Page 214
1873
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Explorations in Africa

Lurton Dunham Ingersoll, David Livingstone - Africa, Central - 1872 - 478 pages
...Msama was the only specimen of a ' bloated aristocrat" on whom I ever set eyes. " Many of the women are very pretty, and, like all ladies, would have been...themselves alone. Fortunately the dears could not change charming black eyes, beautiful foreheads, nicely rounded limbs, well shaped forms and small hands and...
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Livingstone's Africa: Perilous Adventures and Extensive Discoveries in the ...

David Livingstone - Africa, Central - 1872 - 646 pages
...Msama was the only specimen of a "bloated aristocrat" on whem I ever set cyea. Many of the women are very pretty, and, like all ladies, would have been...themselves alone. Fortunately the dears could not change charming black eyes, beautiful foreheads, nicely rounded limbs, well shaped forms and small hands and...
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The Christian Ambassador, Volume 11

Theology - 1873 - 404 pages
...bantering and humourous terms ; speaking upon her feminine weakness for personal ornamentation, he says : " Many of the women were very pretty, and, like all...black eyes, beautiful foreheads, nicely rounded limbs, well-shaped forms, and small hands and feet. But they must adorn themselves ; and this they do —...
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Livingstone Lost and Found: Or Africa and Its Explorers : a Complete Account ...

Josiah Tyler - Africa - 1873 - 812 pages
...Msama was the only specimen of a " bloated aristocrat " on whom I ever set eyes. Many of the women are very pretty, and, like all ladies, would have been...themselves alone. Fortunately the dears could not change charming black eyes, beautiful foreheads, nicely rounded limbs, well shaped forms and small hands and...
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The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D.

John S. Roberts - Africa - 1875 - 416 pages
...English noblemen, and Insama was the only specimen of a bloated aristocrat on whom I ever set my eyes. " Many of the women were very pretty, and, like all...black eyes, beautiful foreheads, nicely rounded limbs, well-shaped forms, and small hands and feet. But they must adorn themselves ; and this they do —...
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The English explorers, comprising details of the more famous travels by ...

English explorers - 1875 - 680 pages
...remarks on the personal appearance of the female siiTes thus : — • Many of the women were verr pretty, and, like all ladies, would have been much...black eyes, beautiful foreheads, nicely rounded limbs, well-shaped forms, and small hands and feet. But they must adorn themselves : and this they do— oh....
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The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, L. L. D.

John S. Roberts - South Africa - 1881 - 392 pages
...English noblemen, and Insama was the only specimen of a bloated aristocrat on whom I ever set my eyes. " Many of the women were very pretty, and, like all...black eyes, beautiful foreheads, nicely rounded limbs, well-shaped forms, and small hands and feet. But they must adorn themselves ; and this they do —...
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Life of General Gordon

Marianne Farningham - China - 1886 - 396 pages
...are tall, and the women plain-looking. Livingstone once said of some women he was describing : — " Many of the women were very pretty, and, like all...much prettier if they had only let themselves alone." The Bari women who live in Gondokoro are not pretty, but they do not let themselves alone. They shave...
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