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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... speak , she had been propitious to me ; for , in spite of Francia and Arti- gueños , I had been so far successful in life as not only to have laid a good foundation for the future , but to attract the flattering attention and patronage ...
... speak , she had been propitious to me ; for , in spite of Francia and Arti- gueños , I had been so far successful in life as not only to have laid a good foundation for the future , but to attract the flattering attention and patronage ...
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... speaking . On the road from Buenos Ayres lies the post- house of Olmos . It is not a mere hovel , like the greater number ... speak at his estate , the place gave every indication not only of much rough and substantial comfort , but of a ...
... speaking . On the road from Buenos Ayres lies the post- house of Olmos . It is not a mere hovel , like the greater number ... speak at his estate , the place gave every indication not only of much rough and substantial comfort , but of a ...
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... speak generally ) , they will doggedly keep to themselves , and shun “ the natives . " All this , I think , is not as it ought to be : we are , in every way , too exclusive , -in every way we forget a great deal too much that we belong ...
... speak generally ) , they will doggedly keep to themselves , and shun “ the natives . " All this , I think , is not as it ought to be : we are , in every way , too exclusive , -in every way we forget a great deal too much that we belong ...
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... speak when I get to Buenos Ayres ; here I wish to mention some particulars about a supper which I never observed in the capital . Mrs. Postlethwaite , aided by the young ladies and by one or two Correntinas of the best taste , laid out ...
... speak when I get to Buenos Ayres ; here I wish to mention some particulars about a supper which I never observed in the capital . Mrs. Postlethwaite , aided by the young ladies and by one or two Correntinas of the best taste , laid out ...
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... speak , will readily recognize the truthfulness of my picture . Beside Escalada's , we had many other highly agreeable casas de tertulia where foreigners were received with the most marked kindness and hos- pitality . Among these , the ...
... speak , will readily recognize the truthfulness of my picture . Beside Escalada's , we had many other highly agreeable casas de tertulia where foreigners were received with the most marked kindness and hos- pitality . Among these , 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.