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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Page 19
... our wounded honour , as British subjects , was only to be healed by the defeat , in return , of our self - constituted enemy , the malignant Mora . We determined , accordingly , 20 THE IMPRISONMENT . that prisoners we would remain till 19.
... our wounded honour , as British subjects , was only to be healed by the defeat , in return , of our self - constituted enemy , the malignant Mora . We determined , accordingly , 20 THE IMPRISONMENT . that prisoners we would remain till 19.
Page 32
... enemy offered imme- diately to resign all pretensions to Rosa , and to leave Goya for the present , if Duval should succeed in dissuading me from going to Corrientes . Full of his mission , on which he felt so much of his happiness to ...
... enemy offered imme- diately to resign all pretensions to Rosa , and to leave Goya for the present , if Duval should succeed in dissuading me from going to Corrientes . Full of his mission , on which he felt so much of his happiness to ...
Page 41
... enemies and other obstructions in the open river , -or , what it is more like , the high sea , -of the Rio de la Plata , we despatched a mes- senger in the Saint Joseph's long boat to our friend and partner , Mr. Fair , to announce our ...
... enemies and other obstructions in the open river , -or , what it is more like , the high sea , -of the Rio de la Plata , we despatched a mes- senger in the Saint Joseph's long boat to our friend and partner , Mr. Fair , to announce our ...
Page 84
... enemies to draw a permanent advantage from a momentary alarm . The result of the fracas was the triumph of the viceroy . That very day , and ere sunset , the viceroy seized Alzaga , and several of his municipal colleagues , who , in ...
... enemies to draw a permanent advantage from a momentary alarm . The result of the fracas was the triumph of the viceroy . That very day , and ere sunset , the viceroy seized Alzaga , and several of his municipal colleagues , who , in ...
Page 87
... enemies , and the firmest attachment of the large circle of his friends , the élite of his native city . Alas ! scarcely had he shown all his value , when he was cut short in his career . He 88 THE VICEROY CISNEROS . lived only long ...
... enemies , and the firmest attachment of the large circle of his friends , the élite of his native city . Alas ! scarcely had he shown all his value , when he was cut short in his career . He 88 THE VICEROY CISNEROS . lived only long ...
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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.