Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in that CountryChapman and Hall, 1843 - 437 páginas |
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... poor Lucy , devoted and broken - hearted , physically and morally weak . Though the story is altered , and the interest weakened , how graceful the music is ! how lovely and full of melody ! The orchestra is good , and composed of ...
... poor Lucy , devoted and broken - hearted , physically and morally weak . Though the story is altered , and the interest weakened , how graceful the music is ! how lovely and full of melody ! The orchestra is good , and composed of ...
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... poor finny creature was between Scylla and Charybdis . These fish are called cherne and pargo , and at dinner were pronounced good . At length a shark , in its wholesale greediness , seized the bait , and feel- ing the hook in his ...
... poor finny creature was between Scylla and Charybdis . These fish are called cherne and pargo , and at dinner were pronounced good . At length a shark , in its wholesale greediness , seized the bait , and feel- ing the hook in his ...
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... poor , were clean ; no windows , but a certain subdued light makes its way through the leafy canes . We procured some tumblers of new milk , and having changed mules , pursued our journey , now no longer through hills of sand , but ...
... poor , were clean ; no windows , but a certain subdued light makes its way through the leafy canes . We procured some tumblers of new milk , and having changed mules , pursued our journey , now no longer through hills of sand , but ...
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... poor houses , and all very dirty . The country , however , improves in cultivation and fertility , though the chief trees are the sombre pines . Still accompanied by our two escorts , which had a very grandilo- quent effect , we entered ...
... poor houses , and all very dirty . The country , however , improves in cultivation and fertility , though the chief trees are the sombre pines . Still accompanied by our two escorts , which had a very grandilo- quent effect , we entered ...
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... poor man was , and drenched with rain , and we found that much of this confusion and difficulty , which was chiefly caused by the storm and darkness , would have been avoided had we left Puebla some hours sooner . However , " All's well ...
... poor man was , and drenched with rain , and we found that much of this confusion and difficulty , which was chiefly caused by the storm and darkness , would have been avoided had we left Puebla some hours sooner . However , " All's well ...
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