Life in MexicoUniversity of California Press, 1982 M09 30 - 550 páginas Originally published in 1843, Fanny Calderon de la Barca, gives her spirited account of living in Mexico–from her travels with her husband through Mexico as the Spanish diplomat to the daily struggles with finding good help–Fanny gives the reader an enlivened picture of the life and times of a country still struggling with independence. |
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... horses. Am'ero—Muleteer. Arroba-Spanish weight of twenty-five pounds. Azotea—The flat roof of a house. Barranca-Ravine. B0ti0a—Apothecary's shop. Calle—Street. Cargad0re.s—Men who carry loads. Chinguirit0—Spirit made from sugar-cane ...
... horses. Am'ero—Muleteer. Arroba-Spanish weight of twenty-five pounds. Azotea—The flat roof of a house. Barranca-Ravine. B0ti0a—Apothecary's shop. Calle—Street. Cargad0re.s—Men who carry loads. Chinguirit0—Spirit made from sugar-cane ...
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... horses (for on leaving Jalapa, our mules were exchanged for eight strong white horses), and here Don Miguel made us enter a very pretty house belonging to some female friends of his, one of whom was very handsome, with a tasteful white ...
... horses (for on leaving Jalapa, our mules were exchanged for eight strong white horses), and here Don Miguel made us enter a very pretty house belonging to some female friends of his, one of whom was very handsome, with a tasteful white ...
Página 53
... horses and a Yankee coachman, originally, no doubt, called Brown, but now answering to the mellifiuous appellation of Bruno; A—— with her French cap, and loaded with sundry mysterious-looking baskets; I with cloak and bonnet; C——n with ...
... horses and a Yankee coachman, originally, no doubt, called Brown, but now answering to the mellifiuous appellation of Bruno; A—— with her French cap, and loaded with sundry mysterious-looking baskets; I with cloak and bonnet; C——n with ...
Página 54
... horses' hoofs, clattering along, and, by the faint light, discerned the horsemen enveloped as they were in a cloud ... horse, which be caused to caracolear by the side of the diligence, and put 54 LIFE rm MEXICO.
... horses' hoofs, clattering along, and, by the faint light, discerned the horsemen enveloped as they were in a cloud ... horse, which be caused to caracolear by the side of the diligence, and put 54 LIFE rm MEXICO.
Página 56
... horses, we saw the accommodations which those who travel in private coach or litera must submit to, unless they bring their own beds along with them, and a stock of provisions besides—a common room like a barn, where all must herd ...
... horses, we saw the accommodations which those who travel in private coach or litera must submit to, unless they bring their own beds along with them, and a stock of provisions besides—a common room like a barn, where all must herd ...
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January to June 1840 | 79 |
July to December 1840 | 229 |
January to June 1841 | 303 |
July to December 1841 | 385 |
January to April 1842 | 527 |
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Life in Mexico Madame Calderón de la Barca (Frances Erskine Inglis),Frances Calderón de La Barca Sin vista previa disponible - 2010 |
Life In Mexico Frances Calderón de la Barca,Madame Calderon de la Barca Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
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