South American Sketches: Or, A Visit to Rio Janeiro, the Organ Mountains, La Plata, and the Paranà |
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... thought that this was the best system to adopt . The illustrations , with the exception of that which is taken from an interesting photograph of the ruins of Mendoza after the earthquake , are from rough sketches taken by myself upon ...
... thought that this was the best system to adopt . The illustrations , with the exception of that which is taken from an interesting photograph of the ruins of Mendoza after the earthquake , are from rough sketches taken by myself upon ...
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... thought the fun was all over . But presently we saw that the whole fleet of boats was racing after us with all their might , as if they were trying to keep up with the winner at a regatta ; the men were all screaming in Portuguese and ...
... thought the fun was all over . But presently we saw that the whole fleet of boats was racing after us with all their might , as if they were trying to keep up with the winner at a regatta ; the men were all screaming in Portuguese and ...
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... thought that a few months later she would be demolished by the fratricidal Merrimac . ' After looking about us all day without being permitted to land , we were not sorry to move up towards Buenos Ayres in the evening . The pilot came ...
... thought that a few months later she would be demolished by the fratricidal Merrimac . ' After looking about us all day without being permitted to land , we were not sorry to move up towards Buenos Ayres in the evening . The pilot came ...
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... thought scarcely more of than pence in England . But the injury to commerce is enormous , from the rapid fluctuations in value which take place with every event of public im- portance . The gold ounce , or doubloon , is generally worth ...
... thought scarcely more of than pence in England . But the injury to commerce is enormous , from the rapid fluctuations in value which take place with every event of public im- portance . The gold ounce , or doubloon , is generally worth ...
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... thought that Urquiza would take the ini- tiative , and come down the river without a moment's notice , and others argued that he would let the Buenos Ayreans march out to meet him ; that he would give them a sound thrashing in the field ...
... thought that Urquiza would take the ini- tiative , and come down the river without a moment's notice , and others argued that he would let the Buenos Ayreans march out to meet him ; that he would give them a sound thrashing in the field ...
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