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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 33
Page 1
... other tropas were to be heard daily , as they drew up their loads to the verdant quay or river side ; the beating or tattooing of hides sounded in my ears VOL . II . B 2 THE GOYA SQUIRE . from morning till night ; CONTENTS LETTER XXVI.
... other tropas were to be heard daily , as they drew up their loads to the verdant quay or river side ; the beating or tattooing of hides sounded in my ears VOL . II . B 2 THE GOYA SQUIRE . from morning till night ; CONTENTS LETTER XXVI.
Page 24
... side of the outer wall of the galpon , and then cautiously opening his dread- nought , he displayed to me from under it , a pair of formidable horse pistols . I involuntarily started back , but in the coolest and most deliberate man ...
... side of the outer wall of the galpon , and then cautiously opening his dread- nought , he displayed to me from under it , a pair of formidable horse pistols . I involuntarily started back , but in the coolest and most deliberate man ...
Page 33
... side , and my brother and myself left our cottage at the same moment that we saw the comandante approach from his own house , accompanied by Mora . They halted when they got to the one end of the little 34 THE COMANDANTE'S REBUKE . file ...
... side , and my brother and myself left our cottage at the same moment that we saw the comandante approach from his own house , accompanied by Mora . They halted when they got to the one end of the little 34 THE COMANDANTE'S REBUKE . file ...
Page 37
... side to see us set sail , and after many repeated and hearty adieus , we committed ourselves once more to the surface of the glassy Paraná . The goleta Nuestra Señora del Carmen , as the smaller vessel , and therefore drawing the least ...
... side to see us set sail , and after many repeated and hearty adieus , we committed ourselves once more to the surface of the glassy Paraná . The goleta Nuestra Señora del Carmen , as the smaller vessel , and therefore drawing the least ...
Page 40
... side of the river , and although the freebooters had been dispersed and were mostly working as peons on the different estates , we had suffered too much from irregular , unlawful , or violent aggression , willingly WASTING OF TIME . 41 ...
... side of the river , and although the freebooters had been dispersed and were mostly working as peons on the different estates , we had suffered too much from irregular , unlawful , or violent aggression , willingly WASTING OF TIME . 41 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admired affairs Alvear Alzaga arms army army of Peru Artigas AUTHORS Ayreans Balcarce Banda Oriental Belgrano British brother Buenos Ayres bull BULL FIGHTS Cabildo called capital CAPTAIN M'DOUGALL Chile Cisneros Cochabamba Colonel comandante comandante's command Congress convite Cordova Corrientes decree Desaguadero Don Baltazar Don Manuel Doña Duval Elio enemy English executive favour force Gonzalez governor Goya Goyeneche Guasú hand honour horse inhabitants Juan Junta ladies LETTER Liniers London Martin de Alzaga ment military MILLER Monte Video Mora Moreno native never night o'clock officer Oidores old Spaniards Oruro pampero Paraguay Paraná party patriots Peru Plata political port Porteños Potosi prisoners provinces Pueyrredon PUEYRREDON'S RETREAT revolution River Plate Rondeau Rosa Rosita Saavedra San José San Martin sent soldiers South American Spain Spanish spirits Supreme Director tion took town troops Tucuman vessel viceroy Vigodet whole wind Your's
Popular passages
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.