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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... persons address each other, who have held the same child at the baptismal font, or have been sponsors together at a marriage, etc. Can6m'g0—Canon or prebendary. C6mic0s—Acto1s. Cam¢m'sta—Lady of honour. Dia de Afios-—Birthday. Dulces ...
... persons address each other, who have held the same child at the baptismal font, or have been sponsors together at a marriage, etc. Can6m'g0—Canon or prebendary. C6mic0s—Acto1s. Cam¢m'sta—Lady of honour. Dia de Afios-—Birthday. Dulces ...
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... persons. Litera—Litter. Monte Pio-—OEce where money is lent on security. Mezcal-Brandy distilled from pulque. Manga—~Cloak made of cloth, with a hole in the middle for putting the head through. N0vi0s—~Betrothed persons. Nuestro Amo—Our ...
... persons. Litera—Litter. Monte Pio-—OEce where money is lent on security. Mezcal-Brandy distilled from pulque. Manga—~Cloak made of cloth, with a hole in the middle for putting the head through. N0vi0s—~Betrothed persons. Nuestro Amo—Our ...
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... person. After dinner we rose, according to custom, and went into an adjoining room while they arranged the dessert, consisting of every imaginable and unimaginable sweetrneat, with fruit, ices, etc. The fruits I have not yet learned to ...
... person. After dinner we rose, according to custom, and went into an adjoining room while they arranged the dessert, consisting of every imaginable and unimaginable sweetrneat, with fruit, ices, etc. The fruits I have not yet learned to ...
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... on board a ship. A norther, not a very severe one, but what they call a Norte chocolatero, that is, its shock tore a sail in two, as I tear this sheet of paper. The most ingenious person I see is "the master of the LIFE IN MEXICO.
... on board a ship. A norther, not a very severe one, but what they call a Norte chocolatero, that is, its shock tore a sail in two, as I tear this sheet of paper. The most ingenious person I see is "the master of the LIFE IN MEXICO.
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Madame Frances Calderón de la Barca. most ingenious person I see is "the master of the sails.” He sews most excessively quick and well. Towards evening the wind calmed, but the ship, tossed upon a horribly swelled sea, became a mortal ...
Madame Frances Calderón de la Barca. most ingenious person I see is "the master of the sails.” He sews most excessively quick and well. Towards evening the wind calmed, but the ship, tossed upon a horribly swelled sea, became a mortal ...
Contenido
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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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