Voyage to South America, 2. kötetT. and J. Allman, 1820 |
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2. oldal
... plains , the remainder is equal in fertiliy to the Brazils , or any other part of South America ; but , at least , one half enjoys a much more delightful climate ; lying in tem- perate latitudes , or from elevation , possessing the same ...
... plains , the remainder is equal in fertiliy to the Brazils , or any other part of South America ; but , at least , one half enjoys a much more delightful climate ; lying in tem- perate latitudes , or from elevation , possessing the same ...
4. oldal
... plains which stretch across the continent from the Cordil- leras of Peru and Chili , its current suddenly dimi- nishes . In latitude seventeen , there is found the cele- brated lake Xarayes ; if it can be called a lake , which is ...
... plains which stretch across the continent from the Cordil- leras of Peru and Chili , its current suddenly dimi- nishes . In latitude seventeen , there is found the cele- brated lake Xarayes ; if it can be called a lake , which is ...
6. oldal
... plains near the Parana , and enters the Paraguay about a hundred miles above the mouth of that river . The climate of this country is delightful , its productions nearly similar to those of the interior provinces of -Brazil ; abounding ...
... plains near the Parana , and enters the Paraguay about a hundred miles above the mouth of that river . The climate of this country is delightful , its productions nearly similar to those of the interior provinces of -Brazil ; abounding ...
17. oldal
... plains which lie between this river and Pilcomayo , are called Llanos de Manso , a person of the name of Manso having perished here in an attempt to form a settlement . As these rivers communicate with the richest provinces of Peru ...
... plains which lie between this river and Pilcomayo , are called Llanos de Manso , a person of the name of Manso having perished here in an attempt to form a settlement . As these rivers communicate with the richest provinces of Peru ...
20. oldal
... plains , too deficient in water , however , to be well suited to pasturage . Cotton , indigo , cochineal , sugar , wheat , rice , and barley , will be among the articles of future ex- port . The last of these provinces , is Cordova ...
... plains , too deficient in water , however , to be well suited to pasturage . Cotton , indigo , cochineal , sugar , wheat , rice , and barley , will be among the articles of future ex- port . The last of these provinces , is Cordova ...
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advantages arms army army of Peru audiencia authority Belgrano Brazil Buenos Ayres cabildo called capital cause character Charcas Chili circumstance citizens civil Cochabamba colonies commerce compelled congress considerable contest Cordillera Cordova course creoles Cusco Cuyo declared despotism districts dollars effect enemies established Europe European Spaniards favour force Goyneche habits hundred miles important Incas independence Indians inhabitants Jesuits junta jurisdiction king La Paz La Plata liberty Liniers manifesto ment military militia mines Monte Video mountains Moxos nations native nature neighbouring officers pampas Paraguay Parana party patriots plains Plata political population possession Potosi present prevailed produce provinces of Peru Pueyrredon render republic respect revolution river Salta San Martin Santa Fee situation South America Spain Spaniards Spanish success supposed tained thing thousand tion town trade troops Tucuman United Provinces Upper Peru vast viceroy viceroyalty vinces
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272. 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.
52. oldal - Iberia? Do we see The robber and the murderer weak as we? Thou, that hast 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 pits thine avarice has made.
299. oldal - Bourbon preceded all the acts of the government, and headed its public documents. The Spanish flag waved on our vessels, and served to animate our soldiers. The provinces seeing themselves reduced to a kind of orphanage by the dispersion of the national government, by the want of another of a legitimate character, and capable of commanding respect, and by the conquest of nearly the whole of the...
253. 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...
38. oldal - The sentiments I entertain with regard to that object have been long since in your knowledge, but I could personally have no participation in it unless patronized by the government of this country.
304. oldal - ... his temples with a crown? If these men, to whom he owed so much, thus received death, were doomed to perpetual imprisonment or to base slavery, for no other crime than that of having framed a constitution, what might we not expect to be reserved for us? To hope for a benign treatment from him and from his bloody Ministers would have been to seek among tigers for the mildness of the dove. Then, indeed, would have been repeated towards us the ensanguined scenes of...
293. 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 Americans; and of six hundred and ten Captains General and Governors, all but fourteen are Spaniards.
301. oldal - ... have been known to massacre even the unfortunate marketpeople, driving them into the public square in groups, and shooting them down with cold-blooded, wanton cruelty. The cities of Chuquisaca and Cochabamba have more than once been theatres of this shocking barbarity. They have compelled our soldiers, taken prisoners, to serve against their wills in the ranks of their armies^ carrying the officers in irons to distant outposts, where it was impossible for them to preserve health for a single...
39. 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 cooperators, 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 that case, be extremely essential.
299. oldal - ... head, as it was wanted to be stuck upon a pike; and when it was severed from the body, the headless trunk was dragged through the streets, while, at the same time, the brutal soldiers were barbarously permitted to dispose, at pleasure, of the lives and property of the inhabitants during many successive...