Letters on South America: Comprising Travels on the Banks of the Paraná and Rio de la Plata, Volume 3J. Murray, 1843 Collection of letters written to General William Miller, Field Marshall of Peru. |
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... called the Friends was chartered for me , and laden with a rich cargo . A sumptuous dinner was partaken of ( for John Bull can manage nothing without a dinner ) by my Buenos Ayres acquaintance , English and South American ; when , after ...
... called the Friends was chartered for me , and laden with a rich cargo . A sumptuous dinner was partaken of ( for John Bull can manage nothing without a dinner ) by my Buenos Ayres acquaintance , English and South American ; when , after ...
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... called the Elizabeth , Captain Swinburne , laden with the fruits of Paraguay and Corrientes speculation . This was in the year 1817. I had been absent from my own country nearly nine years ; and I had grown up , during that time , from ...
... called the Elizabeth , Captain Swinburne , laden with the fruits of Paraguay and Corrientes speculation . This was in the year 1817. I had been absent from my own country nearly nine years ; and I had grown up , during that time , from ...
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... called the garden of England , I thought I must not expect to see any such beautiful scenery thenceforward . In this re- spect , however , I soon found out my mistake ; but for the time being I was confirmed in my belief that I was in ...
... called the garden of England , I thought I must not expect to see any such beautiful scenery thenceforward . In this re- spect , however , I soon found out my mistake ; but for the time being I was confirmed in my belief that I was in ...
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... called , in ordinary parlance , " beggar my neighbour . " The old gentleman was generally a winner ; and I can- not but say that he seemed not less pleased than some of his titled associates to lay his hands upon the doubloons of the ...
... called , in ordinary parlance , " beggar my neighbour . " The old gentleman was generally a winner ; and I can- not but say that he seemed not less pleased than some of his titled associates to lay his hands upon the doubloons of the ...
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... called forth in society , at once to embellish and improve it . Then for the table , equipages , horses , servants , and general style of your Grosvenor Square and Piccadilly merchant or banker ; they were all recherchés , —assimilating ...
... called forth in society , at once to embellish and improve it . Then for the table , equipages , horses , servants , and general style of your Grosvenor Square and Piccadilly merchant or banker ; they were all recherchés , —assimilating ...
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Abipon agreeable Andres Andresito APPENDIX arms army arrived Artigas Ascencion attack azotea Balcarce Banda Oriental battle of Chacabuco beautiful boat brother Buenos Ayreans Buenos Ayres Cabildo Cabral cacique called Campbell capital Captain carnival Chacabuco Chile Chili Colonel commanded commenced Correntinos Corrientes despatch dinner Don Antonio Don Ysidoro Doña Mariquita enemy England English Escalada Fair father favourite foreign friends gallant gauchos gentleman Government governor Goya head honour horses hour Indians inhabitants José ladies London looked Manuel de Sarratea married Maypo ment Mexias MILLER Miss Postlethwaite Monte Video never occasion officers Oromi Paraguay party passed patriots Peru poor province Pueyrredon Quinta residence Riglos River Plate Rolon royalists San Martin Santa Fé Sarratea sister society Soler South America Spaniards Spanish street Talcahuano tertulias tion took town Tuckerman Upper Peru vessel W. P. R. LETTER whole
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Página 129 - Coro Sean eternos los laureles Que supimos conseguir; Coronados de gloria vivamos, O juremos con gloria morir...
Página 128 - ... a salute was fired from the guns of the fort ; and the children of the various schools, all neatly dressed, assembled in the plaza, where they were formed round the
Página 129 - Old, mortales, el grito Sagrado Libertad ! Libertad ! Libertad ! Old el ruido de rotas Cadenas Ved entrono la noble igualdad!
Página 215 - He could not persuade himself that it was not a continuation of his dreams.