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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... round, but the weather continues charming. The sea is covered with multitudes of small flying-fish. An infantile waterspout appeared, and died in its birth. Mr. ——, the consul, has been giving me an account of the agreeable society in ...
... round, but the weather continues charming. The sea is covered with multitudes of small flying-fish. An infantile waterspout appeared, and died in its birth. Mr. ——, the consul, has been giving me an account of the agreeable society in ...
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... passengers, as usual in such cases, performed various involuntary evolutions, cutting right angles, sliding, spinning round, and rolling over, as if Oberon's magic horn were playing an occasional blast amidst the roaring 16 LIFE IN MEXICO.
... passengers, as usual in such cases, performed various involuntary evolutions, cutting right angles, sliding, spinning round, and rolling over, as if Oberon's magic horn were playing an occasional blast amidst the roaring 16 LIFE IN MEXICO.
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... round form, one of which is called the Deatlfs Head; another of the shape of a turtle, and some two or three miles long. At the extremity of one of these the English are building a lighthouse. 12th.-—We are opposite the Pan of Matanzas ...
... round form, one of which is called the Deatlfs Head; another of the shape of a turtle, and some two or three miles long. At the extremity of one of these the English are building a lighthouse. 12th.-—We are opposite the Pan of Matanzas ...
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... round which are the offices, the rooms for the negroes, coal-house, bath-room, etc., and in the middle of which stand the volantes. Proceed upstairs, and enter a large gallery which runs all round the house. Pass into the Sale, a large ...
... round which are the offices, the rooms for the negroes, coal-house, bath-room, etc., and in the middle of which stand the volantes. Proceed upstairs, and enter a large gallery which runs all round the house. Pass into the Sale, a large ...
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Madame Frances Calderón de la Barca. round the house. The floors are marble or stucco-—the roofs beams of pale blue wood placed transversely, and the whole has an air of agreeable coolness. Everything is handsome without being gaudy, and ...
Madame Frances Calderón de la Barca. round the house. The floors are marble or stucco-—the roofs beams of pale blue wood placed transversely, and the whole has an air of agreeable coolness. Everything is handsome without being gaudy, and ...
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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 |
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 |
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