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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... received during the day , was admitted by the crevices of the thatched roof , or the time - worn apertures in the mud plastered and seamy walls . Such felons , ( some of them in irons , ) or other prisoners as were detained in it , were ...
... received during the day , was admitted by the crevices of the thatched roof , or the time - worn apertures in the mud plastered and seamy walls . Such felons , ( some of them in irons , ) or other prisoners as were detained in it , were ...
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... received from the British commander on the Buenos Ayres station , what is technically called a " sailing letter , " or passport for ourselves as Bri- tish subjects , and for our property as that of a neutral and friendly state . We were ...
... received from the British commander on the Buenos Ayres station , what is technically called a " sailing letter , " or passport for ourselves as Bri- tish subjects , and for our property as that of a neutral and friendly state . We were ...
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... received a pension from the British Govern- ment , as well as Lima , one of those who suffered imprisonment , but who , after his enlargement , made his way to England . 80 ALZAGA DEPOSES THE VICEROY SOBREMONTE . But Alzaga ,
... received a pension from the British Govern- ment , as well as Lima , one of those who suffered imprisonment , but who , after his enlargement , made his way to England . 80 ALZAGA DEPOSES THE VICEROY SOBREMONTE . But Alzaga ,
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... received him with only a constrained respect , he was hailed with raptures by the Spaniards , who thought they once more saw their ascendancy secure . Yet Cisneros was encompassed by difficulties . He could not trust to his troops , who ...
... received him with only a constrained respect , he was hailed with raptures by the Spaniards , who thought they once more saw their ascendancy secure . Yet Cisneros was encompassed by difficulties . He could not trust to his troops , who ...
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... received a loose copy , " without signature , without proof of its legitimacy , and without autho- rity , " of a proclamation of the installation of the new superior council of Regency , in Spain , the Oidores sent it to the Junta ...
... received a loose copy , " without signature , without proof of its legitimacy , and without autho- rity , " of a proclamation of the installation of the new superior council of Regency , in Spain , the Oidores sent it to the Junta ...
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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.