Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in that CountryChapman and Hall, 1843 - 437 páginas |
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... building a lighthouse . 12th . We are opposite the Pan of Matanzas , about sixty miles from Havana . Impatience becomes general , but the breeze rocks up and down , and we gain little . This day , like all last days on board , has been ...
... building a lighthouse . 12th . We are opposite the Pan of Matanzas , about sixty miles from Havana . Impatience becomes general , but the breeze rocks up and down , and we gain little . This day , like all last days on board , has been ...
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... building , and , together with the Captain - General's palace , stands in the Plaza de Armas , which was crowded with negroes and negresses , all dressed in white , with white muslin and blonde mantillas , framing and showing off their ...
... building , and , together with the Captain - General's palace , stands in the Plaza de Armas , which was crowded with negroes and negresses , all dressed in white , with white muslin and blonde mantillas , framing and showing off their ...
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... building adopted in the Spanish colo- nies . There is something at first sight exceedingly desolate - look- ing in these great wooden doors , like those of immense barns , the great iron - barred windows , the ill - paved courtyards ...
... building adopted in the Spanish colo- nies . There is something at first sight exceedingly desolate - look- ing in these great wooden doors , like those of immense barns , the great iron - barred windows , the ill - paved courtyards ...
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... buildings , churches , and convents . rived at length in the midst of torrents of rain , C - n got out of the carriage and returned thanks for his reception , giving some ounces to the sergeant for the soldiers . We then entered the ...
... buildings , churches , and convents . rived at length in the midst of torrents of rain , C - n got out of the carriage and returned thanks for his reception , giving some ounces to the sergeant for the soldiers . We then entered the ...
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... building , with garden and olive - ground , where the English legation formerly lived , a palace in size , since occupied by Santa Anna , and which now be- longs to Señor Perez Galvez ; a house which we shall be glad to have , if the ...
... building , with garden and olive - ground , where the English legation formerly lived , a palace in size , since occupied by Santa Anna , and which now be- longs to Señor Perez Galvez ; a house which we shall be glad to have , if the ...
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