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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... soon as he saw us safely lodged in prison , and immediately after his departure , we got to be on free and easy terms with the officer on guard for the night . He had a latent suspicion that he was not quite right in acting on the ...
... soon as he saw us safely lodged in prison , and immediately after his departure , we got to be on free and easy terms with the officer on guard for the night . He had a latent suspicion that he was not quite right in acting on the ...
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... all 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 A PORTENTOUS VISIT FROM M'DOUGALL . 23 that of the.
... all 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 A PORTENTOUS VISIT FROM M'DOUGALL . 23 that of the.
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... soon returned , greatly flurried , and informing us , first , that we were no longer his prisoners , he begged in the next place , on the comandante's part , that I would go over and see him for a moment , he being very ill in bed . I ...
... soon returned , greatly flurried , and informing us , first , that we were no longer his prisoners , he begged in the next place , on the comandante's part , that I would go over and see him for a moment , he being very ill in bed . I ...
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... soon gave way to the smiles which forthwith lit up her soft and pleasing fea- tures . Her younger sister was also hugging papa . The mother looked on in quiet satisfaction , seeing that the long hitch in their domestic happiness was at ...
... soon gave way to the smiles which forthwith lit up her soft and pleasing fea- tures . Her younger sister was also hugging papa . The mother looked on in quiet satisfaction , seeing that the long hitch in their domestic happiness was at ...
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... soon dispersed among the Campesinos , or country people , to be again usefully employed in the ser- vice of the province . Our approaching departure , I may safely say , was viewed with general regret ; and , from the many parties who ...
... soon dispersed among the Campesinos , or country people , to be again usefully employed in the ser- vice of the province . Our approaching departure , I may safely say , was viewed with general regret ; and , from the many parties who ...
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Página 62 - Had you seen these roads before they were made, You would lift up your hands and bless General Wade.
Página 257 - ... and to all nations and men of the globe the justice that governs our votes, declare on the face of the Earth that it is the unanimous and unquestioned will of these provinces to break the forced chains that have linked them to the kings of Spain, to recover the rights of which they were despoiled, and to invest themselves with the high character of a nation free and independent from Ferdinand VII as well as from his successors and metropolis. In consequence they remain in fact and by right in...
Página 53 - Nimborum in patriam , loca feta furentibus austris , jEoliam venit. Hie vasto rex .¿Eolus antro Luctantes ventos tempestatesque sonoras Imperio premit , ac vinclis et carcere frenat.
Página 294 - A stranger would think that where beef was to be had for next to nothing, and fish for the trouble of picking it up, there could not be many beggars. He would be mistaken. In Buenos Ayres there are plenty of beggars, but then they beg in style. They almost all ride...
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 264 - ... every variety of climate, productions, and people. It rises, toward the west, into a lofty and elevated soil of mountains, of which the bases terminate in immense plains, extending to the Atlantic Ocean. This region, commencing under the tropics of Capricorn, at the foot of the mountains of Jujui, is divided principally into Upper Peru and Rio de la Plata, properly so called. Peru comprehends the provinces of Potosi, Charcas or La Plata, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra or Puno, Moxos,...