 | 1780 - 550 pàgines
...that none might be unprovided, fomecarvit J a candleilick, and othersa lamp, perhaps fifty at Itall of each, with many other articles, which were all...before, in the market place; and in the evening when 1 went to wait on the king, ;i female dwarf was introduced to dance before him, in which flie atquitted... | |
 | 1825 - 844 pàgines
...candlesticks, or others lamps, perhaps fifty of each at least, and many other articles, which were held up for the gaping multitude to admire. We dined, as before, in the market-place ; and in the evening when I went to wait on the king, a female dwarf was introduced to... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania. University Museum - 1926 - 954 pàgines
...Dahomey was published in 1789, and who visited the king during the performance of the Customs, says: "We dined as before in the market place, and in the...dwarf was introduced to dance before him, in which she acquitted herself very well ; she seemed to be about thirty years old and measured only 2 feet,... | |
 | Edna G. Bay - 2012 - 396 pàgines
...that none might be unprovided, some carried a candlestick, and others a lamp, perhaps fifty at least of each, with many other articles; which were all held up for the gaping multitude to admire."9 Popular belief held that the king kept a length of every pattern and color of every different... | |
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... of each, with many other articles ; which were all held up for the gaping multitude to admire. We dined, as before, in the market place ; and in the evening, when I went to wait on the king, a female dwarf was introduced to dance before him, in which... 