Letters on South America: Comprising Travels on the Banks of the Paraná and Rio de la Plata, Volume 2J. Murray, 1843 Collection of letters written to General William Miller, Field Marshall of Peru. |
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... overbearing , tyrannical , and , in particular , he had a Spaniard's dislike of foreigners and of foreign influence of every kind . Rosita very naturally preferred her younger and THE OLD LOVER , MORA . more accomplished suitor ,
... overbearing , tyrannical , and , in particular , he had a Spaniard's dislike of foreigners and of foreign influence of every kind . Rosita very naturally preferred her younger and THE OLD LOVER , MORA . more accomplished suitor ,
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... Spaniards that I did not witness a great deal of pleasantry , drollery , and wit . On this occasion these pleasant ingredients of society were rendered more piquant by the originalities of Tuckerman , Quesney , and McDougall . The wine ...
... Spaniards that I did not witness a great deal of pleasantry , drollery , and wit . On this occasion these pleasant ingredients of society were rendered more piquant by the originalities of Tuckerman , Quesney , and McDougall . The wine ...
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... Spaniards , he could scarcely , as a Scotchman , contain his feelings of pride and joy , so far as not to interfere with the heart - stirring strains which , like another Paganini , he drew from the fiddle . But when he heard , in that ...
... Spaniards , he could scarcely , as a Scotchman , contain his feelings of pride and joy , so far as not to interfere with the heart - stirring strains which , like another Paganini , he drew from the fiddle . But when he heard , in that ...
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... trade , was evidently augmenting ; and whereas the old Spaniards had been a year or two before the only depositaries of the wealth of the country , and of the confidence of 18 68 GREAT CHANGE IN BUENOS AYRES . foreigners , they 67.
... trade , was evidently augmenting ; and whereas the old Spaniards had been a year or two before the only depositaries of the wealth of the country , and of the confidence of 18 68 GREAT CHANGE IN BUENOS AYRES . foreigners , they 67.
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... Spaniards were fast fading into insignificance , or in a course of passive amal- gamation with the new order of things ; the most splendid and capacious habitations , which they had built at an uncountable cost , were rented by English ...
... Spaniards were fast fading into insignificance , or in a course of passive amal- gamation with the new order of things ; the most splendid and capacious habitations , which they had built at an uncountable cost , were rented by English ...
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admired affairs Alvear Alzaga arms army army of Peru Artigas AUTHORS Ayreans Balcarce Banda Oriental Belgrano British brother Buenos Ayres bull BULL FIGHTS Cabildo called capital CAPTAIN M'DOUGALL Chile Cisneros Cochabamba Colonel comandante comandante's command Congress convite Cordova Corrientes decree Desaguadero Don Baltazar Don Manuel Doña Duval Elio enemy English executive favour force Gonzalez governor Goya Goyeneche Guasú hand honour horse inhabitants Juan Junta ladies LETTER Liniers London Martin de Alzaga ment military MILLER Monte Video Mora Moreno native never night o'clock officer Oidores old Spaniards Oruro pampero Paraguay Paraná party patriots Peru Plata political port Porteños Potosi prisoners provinces Pueyrredon PUEYRREDON'S RETREAT revolution River Plate Rondeau Rosa Rosita Saavedra San José San Martin sent soldiers South American Spain Spanish spirits Supreme Director tion took town troops Tucuman vessel viceroy Vigodet whole wind Your's
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Página 251 - Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno ; noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est.
Página 117 - ... the prejudices which are favourable to tyranny, that if we should unhappily be succeeded by men of sentiments less pure than ourselves, they may not find in the customs of the people any thing to assist them in mocking at their rights. This preamble was followed by a decree, that there should be an absolute, perfect, and identical equality, between the president and the other members of the junta. Four of the articles of this decree show curiously in what manner these men were juggling the people.
Página 257 - ... are guided by justice, do hereby solemnly declare in the face of the world that it is the unanimous and indubitable will of these Provinces to dissolve the intolerable bonds which hitherto connected them with the Kings of Spain, to recover the rights of which they were divested, and to clothe themselves with the high character of a free nation, independent of Kinç Ferdinand VII, his successors, and the mother country.
Página 257 - Power who presides over the universe, in the name and by the authority of the people whom we represent...
Página 256 - ... city of San Miguel del Tucuman, on the 9th of July, 1816, the ordinary sitting having terminated, the Congress of the United Provinces continued its former discussion on the great and august object of the independence of the countries which form them: constant and decided was the cry of the whole land for its solemn emancipation from the despotic power of the kings of Spain ; but the representatives, nevertheless, consecrated to so great a...
Página 247 - Fe, a popular movement took place, which had for its object a system of absolute equality; but it was put down by the bayonets of General Viamont, a blunt and honest soldier, but a great disciplinarian, who had long ruled the inhabitants rather despotically, and who, accustoraed to rigid military subordination, was anything but a forbearing sub-delegate from the metropolis.