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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... present revo- lutionary contest ; but those persons whose intelligence or local knowledge best quali- fied them to arrive at just conclusions on this interesting subject , appeared generally to consider the contest as one which would be ...
... present revo- lutionary contest ; but those persons whose intelligence or local knowledge best quali- fied them to arrive at just conclusions on this interesting subject , appeared generally to consider the contest as one which would be ...
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... present the original or Indian natives , and the South American Spaniards , have united their exertions for the subversion of the royalist power ; but it is only a mutual feeling of hostility against a common ene- my , which has induced ...
... present the original or Indian natives , and the South American Spaniards , have united their exertions for the subversion of the royalist power ; but it is only a mutual feeling of hostility against a common ene- my , which has induced ...
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... present in the Oroonoco , when four foreign officers entreated in the most supplicating terms , the master of a vessel then trading on the river , to permit them to embark ; offering him at the moment whatever they possessed , and , on ...
... present in the Oroonoco , when four foreign officers entreated in the most supplicating terms , the master of a vessel then trading on the river , to permit them to embark ; offering him at the moment whatever they possessed , and , on ...
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... present hopeless situation , to a state of the most desponding misery . On landing , we should have been even at a loss where to deposit our portmanteaus and trunks , had not a gentleman , who wit- nessed our embarrassment , granted us ...
... present hopeless situation , to a state of the most desponding misery . On landing , we should have been even at a loss where to deposit our portmanteaus and trunks , had not a gentleman , who wit- nessed our embarrassment , granted us ...
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... present painful condition , but was unable to conceive any practicable plan . Monday was spent in a similar lonely state of fruitless anxiety , but my spirits were considerably cheered on the following morning by the return of my ...
... present painful condition , but was unable to conceive any practicable plan . Monday was spent in a similar lonely state of fruitless anxiety , but my spirits were considerably cheered on the following morning by the return of my ...
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