Voyage to South America: Performed by Order of the American Government, in the Years 1817 and 1818, in the Frigate Congress, 2. kötetauthor, John D. Toy, printer, 1819 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 21 találatból.
10. oldal
... marched against Cor- dova , he and his brother interceded for the life of Leniers , and the bishop Orillana ; but as respects the first , without success . He was afterwards a member of the junta of observation , and took an active part ...
... marched against Cor- dova , he and his brother interceded for the life of Leniers , and the bishop Orillana ; but as respects the first , without success . He was afterwards a member of the junta of observation , and took an active part ...
41. oldal
... , very different from the stupid gaze of amaze- ment I had remarked at Rio . In the afternoon , the youth from some of the higher seminaries of learning , about seventy or eighty in number , marched to the SOUTH AMERICA . 41.
... , very different from the stupid gaze of amaze- ment I had remarked at Rio . In the afternoon , the youth from some of the higher seminaries of learning , about seventy or eighty in number , marched to the SOUTH AMERICA . 41.
42. oldal
... marched to the pyramid in procession , headed by the professors , and after reading the inscriptions and making their ob- servations , dispersed . Soon after , the boys from the different schools marched with flags , in different ...
... marched to the pyramid in procession , headed by the professors , and after reading the inscriptions and making their ob- servations , dispersed . Soon after , the boys from the different schools marched with flags , in different ...
52. oldal
... marched to the banks of the river Maule , which separates San- tiago from Conception . The latter being destitute of resources , was forced to submit to the capital . A cir- cumstance took place shortly afterwards , which places the ...
... marched to the banks of the river Maule , which separates San- tiago from Conception . The latter being destitute of resources , was forced to submit to the capital . A cir- cumstance took place shortly afterwards , which places the ...
53. oldal
... marched with their forces to the banks of the Maule . J. M. Carrera , at the head of five hundred men , crossed the river in the night time , and surprised the enemy's camp at Yuerbas Buenas , on which they retreated to- wards ...
... marched with their forces to the banks of the Maule . J. M. Carrera , at the head of five hundred men , crossed the river in the night time , and surprised the enemy's camp at Yuerbas Buenas , on which they retreated to- wards ...
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army army of Peru Artigas audiencia authority Banda Oriental Belgrano Brazil Buenos Ayres cabildo called capital Carrera cause character Charcas Chili circumstance citizens civil Cochabamba colonies command commerce compelled congress considerable Cordillera Cordova coun creoles Cusco Cuyo declared despotism districts effect enemies established Europe European Spaniards executive favor feelings force habits hundred important independence Indians inhabitants Jesuits junta La Paz La Plata liberty Liniers ment miles military mines Monte Video mountains nations native nature neighboring O'Higgins officers pampas Paraguay Parana party patriots persons plains Plata political population possession Potosi present prevailed principal produce provinces of Peru Pueyrredon render republic respect revolution river royalists Salta San Martin Santa Fee situation South America Spain Spaniards Spanish success thing thousand tion town trade troops Tucuman United Provinces Upper Peru vernment viceroy viceroyalty vinces
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342. oldal - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last.
2. oldal - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, « An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.
117. oldal - Art thou, too, fallen, Iberia ? Do we see The robber and the murderer weak as we ? Thou ! that has wasted earth and dared despise Alike the wrath and mercy of the skies, Thy pomp is in the grave ; thy glory laid Low in the pit thine avarice has made.
326. oldal - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil...
106. oldal - The plan in my opinion ought to be — a fleet of Great Britain, an army of the United States, a government for the liberated territory agreeable to both the co-operators, about which there will be no difficulty. To arrange the plan a competent authority from Great Britain to some person here, is the best expedient. Your presence here will, in this case, be extremely essential. We are raising an army of about twelve thousand men. General Washington has resumed his station at the head of our armies....
369. oldal - They have chased our vessels, sacked our sea-coasts, murdered defenceless inhabitants,without sparing clergymen, and those in extreme old age ; by the order of General Pezuela, they burnt the town of Puno, and meeting with no others, they put to the sword old men, women, and children. They have excited atrocious conspiracies among the Spaniards residing in the midst of us, imposing upon us the painful necessity of putting to death the fathers of numerous families. They have compelled our brothers...
371. oldal - ... pardon. It is in the name of Ferdinand of Bourbon that the heads of patriot officers, prisoners, are fixed up in the highways, that they beat and stoned to death a commandant of light troops, and that, after having killed Colonel...
106. oldal - But this can now scarcely be the case. The winter, however, may mature the project, and an effectual co-operation by the United States may take place. In this case I shall be happy, in my official station, to be an instrument of so good a work.
367. oldal - Antesana to be shot, and, observing with complacency, from the balcony of his house, this iniquitous assassination, ferociously cried out to his troops not to shoot the victim in the head, as it was wanted to be stuck upon a pike.
362. oldal - All public offices and employments belonged exclusively to the Spaniards; and although Americans were equally called to them by the laws, they were appointed only in rare instances, and even then not without satiating the cupidity of the Court by enormous sums of money. Of one hundred and seventy Viceroys that have governed in this country, but four of them have been.