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Great numbers of small boats were continually moving about , rigged in a very
awkward , clumsy manner , or rowed with a slow and solemn stroke , as if to the
tune of the dead march in Saul . The watermen seemed to be chiefly Indians ;
they ...
Great numbers of small boats were continually moving about , rigged in a very
awkward , clumsy manner , or rowed with a slow and solemn stroke , as if to the
tune of the dead march in Saul . The watermen seemed to be chiefly Indians ;
they ...
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These grants must throw great obstacles in the way of improvement of some of
the most valuable districts . Should the king , however , pursue a different policy ,
and select certain tracts of country to be laid off in the same manner as the public
...
These grants must throw great obstacles in the way of improvement of some of
the most valuable districts . Should the king , however , pursue a different policy ,
and select certain tracts of country to be laid off in the same manner as the public
...
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He is a remarkably fine figure ; tall and erect , with a native unaffected dignity of
manners . ... of the visit , be accepted a general invitation to dine the next day ,
the general at the same time in the most obliging manner tendering his services .
He is a remarkably fine figure ; tall and erect , with a native unaffected dignity of
manners . ... of the visit , be accepted a general invitation to dine the next day ,
the general at the same time in the most obliging manner tendering his services .
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While I am upon this subject , I will say something as to the manner in which the
population is distributed in this country , intending to enlarge on the subject on
some future occasion . Under the viceroyalty , a line of two hundred and fifty miles
...
While I am upon this subject , I will say something as to the manner in which the
population is distributed in this country , intending to enlarge on the subject on
some future occasion . Under the viceroyalty , a line of two hundred and fifty miles
...
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They were all , however , very complimen . tary to our country , while they spoke
in a very humble manner of the state of things in their own . In the evening , a
guard of honor and a band of music , with the baron Ollenburg , a German officer
, in ...
They were all , however , very complimen . tary to our country , while they spoke
in a very humble manner of the state of things in their own . In the evening , a
guard of honor and a band of music , with the baron Ollenburg , a German officer
, in ...
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appearance Artigas authority better Brazil Buenos Ayres called carried cause character chief Chili circumstance civil classes climate coast colonies command commerce common congress considerable considered continually duty effect Entre Rios equal established Europe European exception expected fact force furnish give greater habits head hundred idea important independence Indians Indies inhabitants interest kind king known land least less manner means miles mind mines Monte Video mountains native nature object observed officers Oriental passed persons Peru plains Plata political population Portuguese possession present principal probably produce provinces received respect river scarcely seemed seen ship side situation South America Spain Spaniards Spanish supply taken thing thought thousand tion town trade United vessels whole
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Страница xiv - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let him follow me!
Страница 332 - It is not very unusual for the same countryman, who, a few years ago, never troubled himself about anything beyond the narrow circle of his domestic concerns, to purchase a newspaper on coming to town, as a matter of course, and, if unable to read, to request the first one he meets to do him that favor.
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Страница 325 - Brazils, they receive sugar, coffee, cotton, and rum. From the north of Europe they receive steel and iron, and from France a number of articles of its manufacture. Their foreign commerce is principally carried on by British capitalists, though there are some Americans, a few French, and other foreign merchants, also settled at Buenos Ayres; they are all placed, I believe, on the same footing of equality.
Страница 327 - Mr. Tagle expressed himself perfectly satisfied, and he disclaimed for his government, any privity or participation in the lodgments made at those places, by persons acting in the name of the patriots of South America. In reference to the acts of...
Страница 321 - The inhabitants of this place appear to be an amiable, and interesting people. They are considered brave and humane, possessing intelligence, capable of great exertions and perseverance, and manifesting a cheerful devotion to the cause of freedom and independence.
Страница 327 - ... redress the injured individuals. He professed his readiness to adopt any measures that would more effectually prevent a recurrence of such acts, in which he expressed his belief that the privateers of Buenos Ayres had rarely participated, though the character of the government had suffered from the conduct of others. He stated that they had on one occasion sent out some of their public vessels to examine all cruisers wearing the Buenos Ayrean flag, to see that they were lawfully commissioned,...
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| Наслов | Voyage to South America: Performed by Order of the American Government, in the Years 1817 and 1818, in the Frigate Congress, Том 1 Том 1 књиге Voyage to South America, Henry Marie Brackenridge Voyage to South America: Performed by Order of the American Government, in the Years 1817 and 1818, in the Frigate Congress, United States. Commission to Investigate the Spanish Provinces of South America |
| Аутор | Henry Marie Brackenridge |
| Сарадник | United States. Commission to Investigate the Spanish Provinces of South America |
| Издавач | author, John D. Toy, printer, 1819 |
| Оригинал из | Универзитет Оксфорд |
| Дигитализовано | 5 дец 2007 |
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