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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... while the hammers of the arsenals , the din of cannon , the clanging of bugles , the beating of drums , and the music of shrill fifes , gave a stirring and animated effect to the whole . 6 THE ISLE OF WIGHT . Just as we came.
... while the hammers of the arsenals , the din of cannon , the clanging of bugles , the beating of drums , and the music of shrill fifes , gave a stirring and animated effect to the whole . 6 THE ISLE OF WIGHT . Just as we came.
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... step and turning , new and enchanting beauties , -diversified in kind , yet all blending into one harmonious whole . As the eye swept the horizon on one side , it beheld the 24 LEITH WALK . sheeny Forth laving far and wide.
... step and turning , new and enchanting beauties , -diversified in kind , yet all blending into one harmonious whole . As the eye swept the horizon on one side , it beheld the 24 LEITH WALK . sheeny Forth laving far and wide.
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... whole splendid circle formed by Nature around the Calton Hill . From the base of the Pentlands to the suburbs of the metropolis there intervenes as rich a country , and as finely cul- tivated , as can well , in such a latitude and ...
... whole splendid circle formed by Nature around the Calton Hill . From the base of the Pentlands to the suburbs of the metropolis there intervenes as rich a country , and as finely cul- tivated , as can well , in such a latitude and ...
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... whole of the rack - rental passes through the hands of stewards into the pockets of the land- lords , to be spent on a foreign soil . Turning from the neighbourhood of the Abbey , I saw houses built upon precipices to the awful height ...
... whole of the rack - rental passes through the hands of stewards into the pockets of the land- lords , to be spent on a foreign soil . Turning from the neighbourhood of the Abbey , I saw houses built upon precipices to the awful height ...
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... whole world an incomparably richer spot of varied com- merce than ever Tyre , in all her glory , was to the neighbouring nations with which she had her traffic . What most I wondered at , and most admired , was the surprising elasticity ...
... whole world an incomparably richer spot of varied com- merce than ever Tyre , in all her glory , was to the neighbouring nations with which she had her traffic . What most I wondered at , and most admired , was the surprising elasticity ...
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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.