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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 76
Página 46
... road, where the diligence and servants, with our guide, Don Miguel S——, were to overtake us. The diligence not having arrived, we got down and sat on a stone bench, in front of an Indian cottage, where we talked, while the young lady ...
... road, where the diligence and servants, with our guide, Don Miguel S——, were to overtake us. The diligence not having arrived, we got down and sat on a stone bench, in front of an Indian cottage, where we talked, while the young lady ...
Página 47
... road is diflicult, as the approach to Paradise ought to be, and the extraordinary jolts were sufficient to prevent us from being too much enraptured by the scenery, which increased in beauty as we advanced. At Santa Fé and Sopilote we ...
... road is diflicult, as the approach to Paradise ought to be, and the extraordinary jolts were sufficient to prevent us from being too much enraptured by the scenery, which increased in beauty as we advanced. At Santa Fé and Sopilote we ...
Página 48
... , and the wood. The bridge consists of a single large arch thrown over the river, and communicating with a great high-road, formerly paved, but now going to ruin. We returned to the inn, a long row of small 48 LIFE IN MEXICO.
... , and the wood. The bridge consists of a single large arch thrown over the river, and communicating with a great high-road, formerly paved, but now going to ruin. We returned to the inn, a long row of small 48 LIFE IN MEXICO.
Página 49
... road between this and Ialapa. We had a very tolerable supper; soup, fish, fowls, steak, and friioles, all well seasoned with garlic and oil. The )'0lting had given me too bad a headache to care for more than coffee. We were strongly ...
... road between this and Ialapa. We had a very tolerable supper; soup, fish, fowls, steak, and friioles, all well seasoned with garlic and oil. The )'0lting had given me too bad a headache to care for more than coffee. We were strongly ...
Página 51
... road ascending towards the tableland, and at one striking point of view we got out and looked back upon ]alapa, and round upon a panorama of mountains. Gradually the vegetation changed: fine, freshlooking European herbage and trees ...
... road ascending towards the tableland, and at one striking point of view we got out and looked back upon ]alapa, and round upon a panorama of mountains. Gradually the vegetation changed: fine, freshlooking European herbage and trees ...
Contenido
1 | |
5 | |
13 | |
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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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 |
Términos y frases comunes
agreeable aide-de-camp altar amongst amusing Anastasio Bustamante Angangueo appeared arrived beautiful bishop breakfast Bustamante called carriage cathedral church coloured convent Cortes Countess covered crowd Cruz dark diamonds dinner dress excellent eyes firing flowers friends garden gentlemen girl gold hacienda handsome Havana head hills holy honour horses hundred immense Indian Jalapa La Gabia ladies leagues leave léperos LETTER light looked maguey Mexican Mexico minister monks Morelia morning mountains mules night o'clock padre palace party Pascuaro passed Popocatepetl president pretty Puebla pulque reboso received returned ride road robbers rode rose round San Agustin Santa Anna sarapes satin scene seemed Señor servants silver soldiers Spaniards Spanish stone streets Tacubaya Tampico theatre tion Toluca tortillas trees troops Valencia Vera Cruz viceroy village Virgin Virgin of Guadalupe walked whole wind woman women