A Visit to Colombia: In the Years 1822 & 1823, by Laguayra and Caracas, Over the Cordillera to Bogota, and Thence by the Magdalena to Cartagena |
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... seen , and the Silla - aspect of the mountains in front . - Palm trees at Maquiteia - and town . - Casemates of Laguayra con- stantly beaten by the surf - prison and grave of patriots . - Anchor on 18th with fourteen fathoms cable out ...
... seen , and the Silla - aspect of the mountains in front . - Palm trees at Maquiteia - and town . - Casemates of Laguayra con- stantly beaten by the surf - prison and grave of patriots . - Anchor on 18th with fourteen fathoms cable out ...
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... seen some rough service and given some hard knocks . The sailors disliking nothing so much as lounging in their hammocks , or on the spars , or the forecastle , and besides it being good for their health , the fine weather was used to ...
... seen some rough service and given some hard knocks . The sailors disliking nothing so much as lounging in their hammocks , or on the spars , or the forecastle , and besides it being good for their health , the fine weather was used to ...
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... seen from the dis- tance , it appears no broader than a ribbon , though it is , in many places , 60 and 100 feet broad , and is constructed about ten feet above the ordinary water line . As the sun gained the south - west , the shadows ...
... seen from the dis- tance , it appears no broader than a ribbon , though it is , in many places , 60 and 100 feet broad , and is constructed about ten feet above the ordinary water line . As the sun gained the south - west , the shadows ...
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... Some accidents have occurred , but more through inexperience in the boatmen , or want of self - posses- sion in the passenger , than any other cause . We landed in a manner such as I had seen practised in Sandy 20 . VISIT TO COLOMBIA .
... Some accidents have occurred , but more through inexperience in the boatmen , or want of self - posses- sion in the passenger , than any other cause . We landed in a manner such as I had seen practised in Sandy 20 . VISIT TO COLOMBIA .
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... seen many years before in different parts of Asia . After paying our respects , and partaking of the good Cata- Ionian wine of the commandant , and the excellent sweetmeats of his good lady , we retired to meet with 22 VISIT TO COLOMBIA .
... seen many years before in different parts of Asia . After paying our respects , and partaking of the good Cata- Ionian wine of the commandant , and the excellent sweetmeats of his good lady , we retired to meet with 22 VISIT TO COLOMBIA .
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Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 215 - Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade.
Page 230 - Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.
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Page 92 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Page 215 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High overarched, and echoing walks between...
Page 624 - Congress, to whom shall be presented, in the light of a project, the one decreed by the present Congress, and which, together with the laws promulgated by the same, shall immediately be put into execution, by way of an essay.
Page 2 - An act supplementary to an act, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts,' and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Page 626 - ... the intelligence, and the services rendered to the country. The present fundamental law of the union of the people of Colombia shall be solemnly promulgated in the towns and in the armies, inscribed on the public registers, and deposited in all the archives of the cabildos and corporations, civil and ecclesiastical, and shall be communicated to the Supreme Executive Power by a special deputation. Done in the Palace of the General Congress of Colombia, in the town of Rosario de Cucuta, the 12th...
Page 624 - Olympia, premiums shall be adjudged to citizens distinguished by their virtues and their talents. The present fundamental law of the Republic of Colombia shall be solemnly promulgated throughout the towns and armies, inscribed on all the public records, and deposited in all the archives of societies, municipalities, and corporations, both clerical and secular. Given at the Palace of the Sovereign Congress of Venezuela, in the city of St. Thomas de Ango.stura, on the llth day of December, in the year...