Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in that CountryChapman and Hall, 1843 - 437 páginas |
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... of alabaster were placed at different distances on the table , and hundreds of porcelain dishes were filled with sweetmeats and fruits - sweetmeats of every description , from 12 THEATRE OF TACON . the little meringue called "
... of alabaster were placed at different distances on the table , and hundreds of porcelain dishes were filled with sweetmeats and fruits - sweetmeats of every description , from 12 THEATRE OF TACON . the little meringue called "
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... hundred couple stood up in each country - dance , but the rooms are so large and so judiciously lighted , that we did not feel at all warm . Waltzes , quadrilles , and these long Spanish dances , succeeded each other . Almost all the ...
... hundred couple stood up in each country - dance , but the rooms are so large and so judiciously lighted , that we did not feel at all warm . Waltzes , quadrilles , and these long Spanish dances , succeeded each other . Almost all the ...
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... hundred and fifty men . We find the commander very attentive , and a perfect gentleman , like almost all of his class , and though very young in appearance , he has been twenty - nine years in the service . 25th . - The weather ...
... hundred and fifty men . We find the commander very attentive , and a perfect gentleman , like almost all of his class , and though very young in appearance , he has been twenty - nine years in the service . 25th . - The weather ...
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... hundred and fifty - one feet above the level of the sea . Covered with perpetual snows , and rising far above clouds and tempests , it is the first mountain which the navigator discovers as he approaches these shores . But the south ...
... hundred and fifty - one feet above the level of the sea . Covered with perpetual snows , and rising far above clouds and tempests , it is the first mountain which the navigator discovers as he approaches these shores . But the south ...
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... hundred dwellings , that its hall was built of stone and lime , and ornamented with stone serpents . We hear of its four great gates , fronting the four cardinal points of its stone - paved court , great stone stairs , and sanctuaries ...
... hundred dwellings , that its hall was built of stone and lime , and ornamented with stone serpents . We hear of its four great gates , fronting the four cardinal points of its stone - paved court , great stone stairs , and sanctuaries ...
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