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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... land . No sooner had I got ashore than half a dozen active fellows wrangled in polite officiousness for the honour of carrying my luggage , while three smart - looking gentlemen , with damask napkins in their hands , contended for the ...
... land . No sooner had I got ashore than half a dozen active fellows wrangled in polite officiousness for the honour of carrying my luggage , while three smart - looking gentlemen , with damask napkins in their hands , contended for the ...
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... land- lord , with a bow , said , " Yes , Sir , a chaise and pair , I suppose . " I could never reconcile it to myself , on my first arrival from the Pampas , to be driven by a pair of horses . I ordered four ; and when the Cowes ...
... land- lord , with a bow , said , " Yes , Sir , a chaise and pair , I suppose . " I could never reconcile it to myself , on my first arrival from the Pampas , to be driven by a pair of horses . I ordered four ; and when the Cowes ...
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... land , newspapers , periodicals , reviews , novels , books of travel , steam- boat companions , Macadamized roads , light coaches , fast mails , and flying Posts , together with reports 16 ARRIVAL AT THE HOME OF MY BOYHOOD . of 15.
... land , newspapers , periodicals , reviews , novels , books of travel , steam- boat companions , Macadamized roads , light coaches , fast mails , and flying Posts , together with reports 16 ARRIVAL AT THE HOME OF MY BOYHOOD . of 15.
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... forth from an attic with their hair in papers , nightcaps , and what in Scot- land are appropriately termed short gowns , for they reach only to the waist . Like the foot - boy , they 18 A FAMILY ROUSED . too called aloud , "
... forth from an attic with their hair in papers , nightcaps , and what in Scot- land are appropriately termed short gowns , for they reach only to the waist . Like the foot - boy , they 18 A FAMILY ROUSED . too called aloud , "
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... with their northern brethren of the hills , except that they were both owners of land . As I drove from door to door , leaving my card , and some friend's certificate that I was entitled AULD REEKIE NOT ATHENS . 23 to a dinner ,
... with their northern brethren of the hills , except that they were both owners of land . As I drove from door to door , leaving my card , and some friend's certificate that I was entitled AULD REEKIE NOT ATHENS . 23 to a dinner ,
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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.