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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... than myself , have sunk under the accumulated miseries of fatigue , want , and their concomitant attendant , disease : - Miseries which are inseparable from a warfare similar to that on the South American continent , and to which every vi.
... than myself , have sunk under the accumulated miseries of fatigue , want , and their concomitant attendant , disease : - Miseries which are inseparable from a warfare similar to that on the South American continent , and to which every vi.
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... fatigue and starvation of the day , we had the earth for our bed , and our cloaks for a covering ; while our restless slumbers were disturbed by the crawling of lizards and other vermin , which roamed along our faces , & c . in ...
... fatigue and starvation of the day , we had the earth for our bed , and our cloaks for a covering ; while our restless slumbers were disturbed by the crawling of lizards and other vermin , which roamed along our faces , & c . in ...
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... fatigue , and MORILLO soon saw , that in this way , the destruction of his army was as cer- tain , though less sudden , as when cut to pieces by the ruthless ARISMENDI . " The arrival of the patriot , at this critical pe- riod , with ...
... fatigue , and MORILLO soon saw , that in this way , the destruction of his army was as cer- tain , though less sudden , as when cut to pieces by the ruthless ARISMENDI . " The arrival of the patriot , at this critical pe- riod , with ...
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... fatigued beyond measure with the exertions of the day . 2nd - I awoke this morning considerably fever- ish ; an officer beside me in a most dangerous state of illness , to which I was apparently hastening . As I lay in this situation ...
... fatigued beyond measure with the exertions of the day . 2nd - I awoke this morning considerably fever- ish ; an officer beside me in a most dangerous state of illness , to which I was apparently hastening . As I lay in this situation ...
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... which awaited us , should we thus ex- pose ourselves to the inroads of the wild beasts by which we were surrounded . We heard her as though we heard her not ; for such was the effects of the fatigue and rain , that we were 60.
... which awaited us , should we thus ex- pose ourselves to the inroads of the wild beasts by which we were surrounded . We heard her as though we heard her not ; for such was the effects of the fatigue and rain , that we were 60.
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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...