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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... an uncontrollable force . He rushed , accordingly , from Gonzalez's house to the quartèl or guard - house ; and knowing that his nephew was unable that night to interfere , he got the officer on J. P. R. MADE PRISONER . 17 duty at once.
... an uncontrollable force . He rushed , accordingly , from Gonzalez's house to the quartèl or guard - house ; and knowing that his nephew was unable that night to interfere , he got the officer on J. P. R. MADE PRISONER . 17 duty at once.
Page 17
... PRISONER . 17 duty at once to go down with a guard of soldiers to Gonzalez's house . What pretext he urged I know not ; but the officer implicitly followed Mora's command . They went stealthily to the house ; and ... PRISONER . prisoners .
... PRISONER . 17 duty at once to go down with a guard of soldiers to Gonzalez's house . What pretext he urged I know not ; but the officer implicitly followed Mora's command . They went stealthily to the house ; and ... PRISONER . prisoners .
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... PRISONER . prisoners . " I was instantly seized by some rough soldiers ; hurried with two or three blows to the extremity of the guard - house ; and there left my brother ! vis - à - vis with Yours , & c . , W. P. R. LETTER XXV ...
... PRISONER . prisoners . " I was instantly seized by some rough soldiers ; hurried with two or three blows to the extremity of the guard - house ; and there left my brother ! vis - à - vis with Yours , & c . , W. P. R. LETTER XXV ...
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... prisoners in the guard house of Goya , my brother and I called up , by an apparently simultaneous movement of the mind , all the incidents of the evening , and our first impulse was to indulge in a hearty fit of laughter . The former ...
... prisoners in the guard house of Goya , my brother and I called up , by an apparently simultaneous movement of the mind , all the incidents of the evening , and our first impulse was to indulge in a hearty fit of laughter . The former ...
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... prisoners we would remain till we had ample retributive justice at the hands of the comandante , or if not at his , at those of the governor of the pro- vince . Our prison was like no prison that you have ever seen or heard of in ...
... prisoners we would remain till we had ample retributive justice at the hands of the comandante , or if not at his , at those of the governor of the pro- vince . Our prison was like no prison that you have ever seen or heard of in ...
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