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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... were brought over , and the prison being within a hundred yards of the cottage , the operation was soon concluded . Great was the admiration of the soldiers , greater 23 A PORTENTOUS VISIT FROM M'DOUGALL . that of the.
... were brought over , and the prison being within a hundred yards of the cottage , the operation was soon concluded . Great was the admiration of the soldiers , greater 23 A PORTENTOUS VISIT FROM M'DOUGALL . that of the.
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... hundred , two hundred yards , —every step you take threatening to carry you to some unknown abyss of darkness and of mud which is to swallow horse , rider , and all . Sometimes in despair you have to clamber over the deep soft ditch ...
... hundred , two hundred yards , —every step you take threatening to carry you to some unknown abyss of darkness and of mud which is to swallow horse , rider , and all . Sometimes in despair you have to clamber over the deep soft ditch ...
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... hundred men should be equipped to protect the liberty of the provinces , to start with the least possible delay , and the expense to be defrayed by the pay of the Viceroy , Oidores , and other func- tionaries . Great rejoicings took ...
... hundred men should be equipped to protect the liberty of the provinces , to start with the least possible delay , and the expense to be defrayed by the pay of the Viceroy , Oidores , and other func- tionaries . Great rejoicings took ...
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... hundred men against the Cordovese insur- gents , who were headed by Liniers , and they bade defiance to Elio and his blockading squadron . What was less wise , they sent eight hundred men under General Belgrano , one of the vocales of ...
... hundred men against the Cordovese insur- gents , who were headed by Liniers , and they bade defiance to Elio and his blockading squadron . What was less wise , they sent eight hundred men under General Belgrano , one of the vocales of ...
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... hundred and fifty miles from its mouth into an inconceivably large estuary , -in fact , into a fresh water sea , —is at Buenos Ayres thirty miles in width ; yet in one night the pampero dried up this immense space of waters , supplied ...
... hundred and fifty miles from its mouth into an inconceivably large estuary , -in fact , into a fresh water sea , —is at Buenos Ayres thirty miles in width ; yet in one night the pampero dried up this immense space of waters , supplied ...
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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.