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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... course the lion of the morning ; and experienced the usual fate of your travelling lions , —that is , everything I said that was really true I could see met with rather an incredulous reception , while the little embellish- ments I ...
... course the lion of the morning ; and experienced the usual fate of your travelling lions , —that is , everything I said that was really true I could see met with rather an incredulous reception , while the little embellish- ments I ...
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... course . See what Blucher and Wellington have achieved with their swords ; and look what many have done with their pens and mother wit : why , many of them have reached the head of their pro- fession . " I thought some might demur to ...
... course . See what Blucher and Wellington have achieved with their swords ; and look what many have done with their pens and mother wit : why , many of them have reached the head of their pro- fession . " I thought some might demur to ...
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... course of the year , to the various spots worth seeing ( and how many they are ! ) in England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales . I shall content myself , however , with an account of a visit which I undertook to the High- lands , in ...
... course of the year , to the various spots worth seeing ( and how many they are ! ) in England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales . I shall content myself , however , with an account of a visit which I undertook to the High- lands , in ...
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... course of to - morrow . " I thought him a noble - looking chieftain , as with eagle plume stuck in his rich velvet bonnet , a star on his breast , and a dirk studded with jewels in his belt , he rode on to the head of his clan , which ...
... course of to - morrow . " I thought him a noble - looking chieftain , as with eagle plume stuck in his rich velvet bonnet , a star on his breast , and a dirk studded with jewels in his belt , he rode on to the head of his clan , which ...
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... course the post- master of Olmos would neither permit of our paying for horses nor for anything else . He ac- companied us a short way himself on a stout and gallant horse ; and after he also had left us , the three bachelors in the ...
... course the post- master of Olmos would neither permit of our paying for horses nor for anything else . He ac- companied us a short way himself on a stout and gallant horse ; and after he also had left us , the three bachelors in the ...
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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.