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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... close of his harangue , had much weight with me . They seemed to have as little with himself , after I told him that this was the house of my parents , and that I had been nine years absent from it ; for instantly he redoubled the knock ...
... close of his harangue , had much weight with me . They seemed to have as little with himself , after I told him that this was the house of my parents , and that I had been nine years absent from it ; for instantly he redoubled the knock ...
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... close this too long letter with a rather pungent remark , which I was told had been made about the clergy and lawyers , in reference to two public buildings , one belonging to each of the two bodies , and which buildings had been ...
... close this too long letter with a rather pungent remark , which I was told had been made about the clergy and lawyers , in reference to two public buildings , one belonging to each of the two bodies , and which buildings had been ...
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... close inspection ; and it was the husband's pleasure , -perhaps even his pride , knowing this , always to recommend such dishes , with the irresistible inducement to par- take of them , " that his wife had a knack at made dishes . " But ...
... close inspection ; and it was the husband's pleasure , -perhaps even his pride , knowing this , always to recommend such dishes , with the irresistible inducement to par- take of them , " that his wife had a knack at made dishes . " But ...
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... close with music and dancing ; and next morning , with many tender adieus , we took leave of our fair hostess and her daughters . Of course the post- master of Olmos would neither permit of our paying for horses nor for anything else ...
... close with music and dancing ; and next morning , with many tender adieus , we took leave of our fair hostess and her daughters . Of course the post- master of Olmos would neither permit of our paying for horses nor for anything else ...
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... close to Goya , I went down there , and took up my quarters with Don Pedro Quesney . But days passed away , and the Clyde appeared not . Tuckerman , observing my growing impatience , and my increasing fear that something had gone wrong ...
... close to Goya , I went down there , and took up my quarters with Don Pedro Quesney . But days passed away , and the Clyde appeared not . Tuckerman , observing my growing impatience , and my increasing fear that something had gone wrong ...
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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.