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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... nature purely disinterested in- duced individuals to engage in an enter- prise so hazardous and remote ; but al- though my principal reason for accepting a commission in the service of the South Ame- rican Patriots , was a sanguine hope ...
... nature purely disinterested in- duced individuals to engage in an enter- prise so hazardous and remote ; but al- though my principal reason for accepting a commission in the service of the South Ame- rican Patriots , was a sanguine hope ...
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... nature of this mari- time frolic is well known ; but a description of the manner in which it was celebrated upon the present occasion will be perhaps excusable , as serving to vary the monoto- nous character of a sea journal . Had our ...
... nature of this mari- time frolic is well known ; but a description of the manner in which it was celebrated upon the present occasion will be perhaps excusable , as serving to vary the monoto- nous character of a sea journal . Had our ...
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... regiments , and were By their first arrival in the West Indies , being particularly cooling , and by many also considered of an antifebrile nature . received with every mark of distinction and respect ; the SOUTH AMERICA . 23.
... regiments , and were By their first arrival in the West Indies , being particularly cooling , and by many also considered of an antifebrile nature . received with every mark of distinction and respect ; the SOUTH AMERICA . 23.
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... board . She was proceeding from the Main to Trinadad , when she fell in with the Spanish cruizer ; and , on inspection of her papers , the nature of the traffic in which 28 EXPEDITION TO him of our arrival in the West Indies, and ...
... board . She was proceeding from the Main to Trinadad , when she fell in with the Spanish cruizer ; and , on inspection of her papers , the nature of the traffic in which 28 EXPEDITION TO him of our arrival in the West Indies, and ...
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... nature of the traffic in which she had been engaged being unhappily dis- covered , the sanguinary captain of the royalist brig considered the offence of suf- ficient magnitude to justify the above bar- barous proceeding . To devise some ...
... nature of the traffic in which she had been engaged being unhappily dis- covered , the sanguinary captain of the royalist brig considered the offence of suf- ficient magnitude to justify the above bar- barous proceeding . To devise some ...
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