Narrative of the Expedition which Sailed from England in 1817, to Join the South American Patriots: Comprising Every Particular Connected with Its Formation, History, and Fate; with Observations and Authentic Information Elucidating the Real Character of the Contest, Mode of Warfare, State of the Armies, &cJ. Murray, 1818 - 144 páginas |
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... anxiety I and my associates experienced , may preserve others not only from similar disappointments , but even the hazard of encountering sufferings and afflictions ten - fold greater and more difficult to ii INTRODUCTION .
... anxiety I and my associates experienced , may preserve others not only from similar disappointments , but even the hazard of encountering sufferings and afflictions ten - fold greater and more difficult to ii INTRODUCTION .
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... experience so well qualified him , induced me to form the highest opinion of his character and military talent ; and the closest subsequent intimacy and friendship fully justified my original prepossession . In all the vicissi- tudes of ...
... experience so well qualified him , induced me to form the highest opinion of his character and military talent ; and the closest subsequent intimacy and friendship fully justified my original prepossession . In all the vicissi- tudes of ...
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... experienced in the Channel . On the afternoon of the 21st the violence of the gale abated , and the wind having become favourable , every preparation was made for finally proceeding on our voyage . All was now hurry and bustle , in ...
... experienced in the Channel . On the afternoon of the 21st the violence of the gale abated , and the wind having become favourable , every preparation was made for finally proceeding on our voyage . All was now hurry and bustle , in ...
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... experienced a heavy gale from the S. E. , but throughout the early part of the evening the agitated appearance of the atmosphere , and accu- mulation of black clouds to windward , had been sufficiently portentous to induce every ...
... experienced a heavy gale from the S. E. , but throughout the early part of the evening the agitated appearance of the atmosphere , and accu- mulation of black clouds to windward , had been sufficiently portentous to induce every ...
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... the monarch's tributary demands , or whose proffered forfeitures had been re- jected , experienced the luxury of a tropi cal shaving ; but this part of the ceremony is too well - known to require particular ex- planation 20 EXPEDITION TO.
... the monarch's tributary demands , or whose proffered forfeitures had been re- jected , experienced the luxury of a tropi cal shaving ; but this part of the ceremony is too well - known to require particular ex- planation 20 EXPEDITION TO.
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Página 53 - ... they found most readily procurable. In clothing they were still more destitute and deficient, in most instances merely consisting of fragments of coarse cloth wrapt round their bodies, and pieces of the raw buffalo hide laced over their feet as a substitute for shoes, which when hardened by the sun's heat, they again render pliant by immersion in the first stream at which they chance to arrive.
Página 55 - The exterminating principle upon which the war is carried on between the contending parties, render their campaigns bloody and destructive; desolation marks the progress of those hostile bands, to whose inveterate enmities the innocent and unoffending inhabitants are equally the victims, with those actually opposed to them in military strife. In action the Independents display much bravery and determination, and frequently prove successful, notwithstanding their want of discipline, deficiency of...
Página 55 - Avhich immediately succeed those sanguinary struggles are such as must cast an indelible stain upon the Spanish American Revolution. • The engagement is scarcely ended, when an indiscriminate massacre of the prisoners takes place ; nor is the slaughter only confined to the captives, the field also undergoes an inspection, when the helpless wounded are in like manner put to the sword.
Página 53 - ... when hardened by the sun's heat, they again render pliant by immersion in the first stream at which they chance to arrive. A blanket, with a hole cut in the middle, let over the head, and tightened round the body by a buffalo thong, has been frequently the dress of the officers ; and one of them who witnessed the fact, assured me, that suchwas actually the uniform of a British colonel (R ) who was at that time in the Independent service.