Letters on South America: Comprising Travels on the Banks of the Paraná and Rio de la Plata, Volume 2J. Murray, 1843 - Argentina |
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... four daughters , the two oldest grown up , and the prettiest girls of Goya . The father indulged them , and allowed them much of their own way ; the mother was proud of them , told them to hold up their heads with the best in Goya , and ...
... four daughters , the two oldest grown up , and the prettiest girls of Goya . The father indulged them , and allowed them much of their own way ; the mother was proud of them , told them to hold up their heads with the best in Goya , and ...
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... four armed men laid strong hands on my brother , who , amidst the screams of the family , was dragged off as their prisoner to the guard - house . Under the irritating language of Mora much violence was used , and my brother's first ...
... four armed men laid strong hands on my brother , who , amidst the screams of the family , was dragged off as their prisoner to the guard - house . Under the irritating language of Mora much violence was used , and my brother's first ...
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... four bullocks ' skulls for chairs , and we were lighted by a rude earthen lamp , two- thirds filled with tallow and grease , and a thick cot- ton wick stuck therein , which it was necessary every now and then to trim , in order to keep ...
... four bullocks ' skulls for chairs , and we were lighted by a rude earthen lamp , two- thirds filled with tallow and grease , and a thick cot- ton wick stuck therein , which it was necessary every now and then to trim , in order to keep ...
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... four faithful hands , is all in readi- ness alongside my brig , and I will take the helm . Should any difficulty occur in your getting out from this place ( he looked at the door ) , I am ready to shoot through the head the first man ...
... four faithful hands , is all in readi- ness alongside my brig , and I will take the helm . Should any difficulty occur in your getting out from this place ( he looked at the door ) , I am ready to shoot through the head the first man ...
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... four hours . The whole country was inun- dated , and on horseback alone could we hope to get to Buenos Ayres . At first our worthy friend wholly repudiated the notion of his mounting a horse , and treated our proposal of his doing so as ...
... four hours . The whole country was inun- dated , and on horseback alone could we hope to get to Buenos Ayres . At first our worthy friend wholly repudiated the notion of his mounting a horse , and treated our proposal of his doing so as ...
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Page 81 - Coleccion de Arengas en el foro y Escritos del Dr. Don Mariano Moreno.
Page 263 - Clay, of the house of representatives of the United States, by stating that, " The Republic of the United Provinces of South America comprehends, with some exceptions, the same territory as the viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata, which was established in 1778 ; it extends from the 16th to the 45th degree of south latitude, [nearly ten degrees north of Magellan's Strait,] from the left margin of the Lake Titicaca on the north, to the coast of Patagonia on the south.
Page 264 - Peru comprehends the provinces of Potosi, Charcas or La Plata, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra or Puno, Moxos, and Chiquitos ; and the...
Page 291 - Ayres than the carts and carters. The former are vehicles with large wooden axles, and most enormous wheels, so high that the spokes are about eight feet in diameter, towering above both horses and driver ; he rides one of the animals.
Page 291 - The first sight you have of these clumsy vehicles is on your landing. They drive off like so many bathing-machines to your hotel, a dozen carters, just like a dozen porters here, struggling in rude contention for the preference in carrying ashore passengers and their luggage.
Page 264 - ... America, comprehends, with some exceptions, the same territory as the viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata, which was established in 1778. It extends from the 16th to the 45th degree of south latitude; from the left margin of the lake Titicaca, which lies between the two cordilleras of Peru, on the north, and to the coast of Patagonia on the south.
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.