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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... present to say on England and Scotland , you will not expect much to be said in detail of these countries . They are too well known , —they have been too frequently traversed , to admit of my saying much of them , especially as South ...
... present to say on England and Scotland , you will not expect much to be said in detail of these countries . They are too well known , —they have been too frequently traversed , to admit of my saying much of them , especially as South ...
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... present case , my mother insisted upon its being introduced , as she was sure I must be cold after my long ride . At nine o'clock the family party assembled over many of the specified dainties . I was of course the lion of the morning ...
... present case , my mother insisted upon its being introduced , as she was sure I must be cold after my long ride . At nine o'clock the family party assembled over many of the specified dainties . I was of course the lion of the morning ...
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... present occasion , with such partners , such music , and in such a place ? It was like suddenly and unexpect- edly falling on some hidden retreat of the Graces . So we waltzed with " las buenas mozas de Olmos , " —and , booted and ...
... present occasion , with such partners , such music , and in such a place ? It was like suddenly and unexpect- edly falling on some hidden retreat of the Graces . So we waltzed with " las buenas mozas de Olmos , " —and , booted and ...
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... present from a rich uncle from town of half - a - crown , and whose hand thenceforward is never out of his pocket till he gets quit of his treasure , with which he is to buy a hundred and fifty different things he has long coveted , so ...
... present from a rich uncle from town of half - a - crown , and whose hand thenceforward is never out of his pocket till he gets quit of his treasure , with which he is to buy a hundred and fifty different things he has long coveted , so ...
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... present day can say " Nous avons changé tout cela , " in 1817 the admission to the supper - room presented a curious scene . The ladies and their slaves and servants squeezed in at the door , higgledy piggledy , pretty much as hungry ...
... present day can say " Nous avons changé tout cela , " in 1817 the admission to the supper - room presented a curious scene . The ladies and their slaves and servants squeezed in at the door , higgledy piggledy , pretty much as hungry ...
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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.