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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... actually to join their armies was so rancorous , as to subject them to the perpetual hazard of assassination . The preceding observations originate in no hostility to the South American Pa- triots ; on the contrary , I am at this moment ...
... actually to join their armies was so rancorous , as to subject them to the perpetual hazard of assassination . The preceding observations originate in no hostility to the South American Pa- triots ; on the contrary , I am at this moment ...
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... each side being so infuriated against the other by a long train of barbarities and cold - blooded slaughter , as to render it almost necessary for those who actually engage in the struggle to divest INTRODUCTION . ix.
... each side being so infuriated against the other by a long train of barbarities and cold - blooded slaughter , as to render it almost necessary for those who actually engage in the struggle to divest INTRODUCTION . ix.
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... actually engage in the struggle to divest their minds of every feeling of humanity , and prepare them- selves to be not only witnesses of , but participators in , acts of the most revolting and indiscriminate brutality . I will now ...
... actually engage in the struggle to divest their minds of every feeling of humanity , and prepare them- selves to be not only witnesses of , but participators in , acts of the most revolting and indiscriminate brutality . I will now ...
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... actually posting sen- tries upon the beach , for the purpose enforcing due obedience to his commands . of The Colonels now became desirous of proceeding to the Continent at all hazards , without permitting any further time to elapse for ...
... actually posting sen- tries upon the beach , for the purpose enforcing due obedience to his commands . of The Colonels now became desirous of proceeding to the Continent at all hazards , without permitting any further time to elapse for ...
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... actually disembodied . This resolu- tion we had scarcely formed , when the arri- val of several officers , recently in the patriot service , and who had just then succeeded in effecting their return , gave us such information of the ...
... actually disembodied . This resolu- tion we had scarcely formed , when the arri- val of several officers , recently in the patriot service , and who had just then succeeded in effecting their return , gave us such information of the ...
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