Letters on South America: Comprising Travels on the Banks of the Paraná and Rio de la Plata, Volume 2J. Murray, 1843 - Argentina Collection of letters written to General William Miller, Field Marshall of Peru. |
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... Body of Buenos Ayres - Instal- lation of the Junta - First Acknowledgment of its Autho- rity - The Commissioner Cardoso - Pino's Retreat - Supre macy of the Junta - Buenos Ayres Press - Oidores - Their Expulsion - Adhesion of the ...
... Body of Buenos Ayres - Instal- lation of the Junta - First Acknowledgment of its Autho- rity - The Commissioner Cardoso - Pino's Retreat - Supre macy of the Junta - Buenos Ayres Press - Oidores - Their Expulsion - Adhesion of the ...
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... body and mind , exclaiming that he was lost and ruined if we did not drop the affair at once , and return to our own house , as if nothing had happened . He had been shocked beyond mea- sure , he said , on recovering his lost senses ...
... body and mind , exclaiming that he was lost and ruined if we did not drop the affair at once , and return to our own house , as if nothing had happened . He had been shocked beyond mea- sure , he said , on recovering his lost senses ...
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... body into the saddle as he best could . See The chacarero was at the head of the horse , which stood immoveable during the operation . " Now tell him to stand where he is , " said Mr. E. , " I'm not ready yet , don't let him leave the ...
... body into the saddle as he best could . See The chacarero was at the head of the horse , which stood immoveable during the operation . " Now tell him to stand where he is , " said Mr. E. , " I'm not ready yet , don't let him leave the ...
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... body lived better than before . There was an evident increase of courtesy , and decrease of distrust on all hands . The interior decoration of the houses was remarkably improved ; the capital of the native merchants , through foreign ...
... body lived better than before . There was an evident increase of courtesy , and decrease of distrust on all hands . The interior decoration of the houses was remarkably improved ; the capital of the native merchants , through foreign ...
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... as life from death . In the latter places every body was peeping into our actions , and taking notes of our conduct ; in the former no one cared a maravedì what our conduct 66 To ADVANTAGES OF SOCIETY ON A LARGE SCALE . 71 was.
... as life from death . In the latter places every body was peeping into our actions , and taking notes of our conduct ; in the former no one cared a maravedì what our conduct 66 To ADVANTAGES OF SOCIETY ON A LARGE SCALE . 71 was.
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 257 - Power who presides over the universe, in the name and by the authority of the people whom we represent...
Page 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...
Page 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.