Journal of Voyages to Marguaritta, Trinidad, & Maturin: With the Author's Travels Across the Plains of the Llaneros, to Angustura, and Subsequent Descent of the Orinoco, in the Years 1819 & 1820Printed and sold for the author, by J. Jones, 1824 - 160 páginas |
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... difficulties which necessarily accompany such a warfare , finding the path difficult and ardu- ous , returned , amid hardship and beggary , to their native soil ; without being able , duly to appreciate those exertions , or com- pass ...
... difficulties which necessarily accompany such a warfare , finding the path difficult and ardu- ous , returned , amid hardship and beggary , to their native soil ; without being able , duly to appreciate those exertions , or com- pass ...
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... difficulties , but in which , by stea- diness alone could we ever hope for a successful termination . Our retreat ... difficulty in prevailing upon JA- MIE SON and myself to undertake the charge of 1 dispatches from him to the Supreme ...
... difficulties , but in which , by stea- diness alone could we ever hope for a successful termination . Our retreat ... difficulty in prevailing upon JA- MIE SON and myself to undertake the charge of 1 dispatches from him to the Supreme ...
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... difficulties by which ' our passage was impeded , lying through a wilder- ness of weeds and long entangled grass . It was totally in ruins , and deserted since the first commencement of the revolution . During the remaining part of this ...
... difficulties by which ' our passage was impeded , lying through a wilder- ness of weeds and long entangled grass . It was totally in ruins , and deserted since the first commencement of the revolution . During the remaining part of this ...
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... difficulty we dragged ourselves along . Arriving on the banks of a considerable river , deep , with a rapid current , our faithful 酱 companions volunteered to take charge of our luggage an 59 nated, we prepared to encounter the mazes ...
... difficulty we dragged ourselves along . Arriving on the banks of a considerable river , deep , with a rapid current , our faithful 酱 companions volunteered to take charge of our luggage an 59 nated, we prepared to encounter the mazes ...
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... themselves , they obeyed the dic- tates of nature , and returned to relieve us from our dangers and difficulties . us . H Somewhat refreshed by the repose , and the cir culation 61 effects of the fatigue and rain, that we were ...
... themselves , they obeyed the dic- tates of nature , and returned to relieve us from our dangers and difficulties . us . H Somewhat refreshed by the repose , and the cir culation 61 effects of the fatigue and rain, that we were ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adieu Admiral BRION Angustura animal appearance ARISMENDI arms army arrival attempt banks boat BOLIVAR British British Legion calabash canoe Captain PHELAN carabine cassava bread cause Colonel LOPEZ Colonel MEADE comfortable command companion considerable countenance crew Cumana DEVEREUX distance dress Dublin enemy English entered European exer exertions eyes fate fatigue ferocious former forward gentleman Governor hammock hand hastened heard hopes horses independence Indian inhabitants Ireland Irish Legion island JAMIESON journey Juan Griego kind ladies land Llaneros Major DAVY MARINO Maturin ment merchants miles MORILLO morning Musquitoes native troops night o'clock officers Orinoco ourselves passage passed passport Patriot perceived plain plantation present privations proceeded quarters racter rain renegado returned river sailed scene schooner seated seemed situation soldiers soon South American Spaniards Spanish suffered Supreme Chief surprize termination tion trees Trinidad Venezuela vessel village waited woods wretched
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Página 65 - In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers . . in perils by the heathen . . in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea . . in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Página 86 - ... blanket, with a hole cut in the centre, through which the head...
Página 137 - MEADE ; and that he looked with hope for the arrival of the rest of the Irish Legion.
Página 22 - As we proceeded we saw several flocks of a small species of Parrot...
Página 22 - Tropg«£/, a bird much sought for, about the size of our common thrush; it has a bright yellow top, with 'breast of the same...