Colombia: Being a Geographical, Statistical, Agricultural, Commercial, and Political Account of that Country, Etc, Band 1Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822 |
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... land ; and her blockade by sea is contemptible . In the case of Spain and her former colonies , let any one take the map , and run his finger from the Colorado to the Marañon , ( even omitting the few patches that are British ) , and ...
... land ; and her blockade by sea is contemptible . In the case of Spain and her former colonies , let any one take the map , and run his finger from the Colorado to the Marañon , ( even omitting the few patches that are British ) , and ...
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... land ; and if she is to have any thing to do upon the waters , we " guess " it would be as well not to molest the ships of Jonathan . It is no doubt galling to the pride of the Spanish monarch to be obliged to doff the proud addition of ...
... land ; and if she is to have any thing to do upon the waters , we " guess " it would be as well not to molest the ships of Jonathan . It is no doubt galling to the pride of the Spanish monarch to be obliged to doff the proud addition of ...
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... scenes that lie beneath ; and we do more than hope that the light is not only beaming upon those happy regions , but that from them it shall be sent forth to re - illuminate the East . The ruddy light on the land of the Andes , lxiv.
... scenes that lie beneath ; and we do more than hope that the light is not only beaming upon those happy regions , but that from them it shall be sent forth to re - illuminate the East . The ruddy light on the land of the Andes , lxiv.
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Alexander Walker. The ruddy light on the land of the Andes , bids us hope that the day - spring shall again visit those fair regions of the world where science first built her temple , and lighted her fires . It may be the pride of that ...
Alexander Walker. The ruddy light on the land of the Andes , bids us hope that the day - spring shall again visit those fair regions of the world where science first built her temple , and lighted her fires . It may be the pride of that ...
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... land which boasts its ancient attachment to Liberty - shall the country which first cradled the goddess - and which she has ever distinguished by her presence , " Hic illius arma , Hic currus " - shall she frown on the young genius ...
... land which boasts its ancient attachment to Liberty - shall the country which first cradled the goddess - and which she has ever distinguished by her presence , " Hic illius arma , Hic currus " - shall she frown on the young genius ...
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Andalusia Angostura Apure Aragua Article banks Barcelona cacao called capital Caracas Cariaco Caribbean Sea Caripe Carthagena Catia cattle chain Chaymas church climate coast Colombia colonies contains Cordillera Coro covered Creoles cultivated Cumana Cumanacoa Cundinamarca Darien district east elevation Europe European feet fertile forests Guayana Guayaquil Guayra Guiana Gulf Gulf of Cariaco heat height houses hundred immense Indians inhabitants interior island La Guayra lake land leagues Llanos Magdalena maize Maracaibo ment Merida miles Missions mountains mouth mules nations natives navigable Negroes neighbouring north latitude Orinoco Panama persons plains plantations Popayan population port Porto Bello Porto Cavello province Quito rains render river salt Santa Fé Santa Marta shore situate soil Spain Spaniards Spanish summit tains temperature thousand Tierra Firme tion toises torrid zone town trade trees Valencia valley Varinas Venezuela vessels village west longitude wind
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Seite xxxv - That force has since been repeatedly defeated, and the whole of it either made prisoners or destroyed, or expelled from the country, with the exception of an inconsiderable portion only, which is blockaded in two fortresses.
Seite 580 - Its branches appear dead and dried; but when the trunk is pierced, there flows from it a sweet and nourishing milk. It is at the rising of the sun that this vegetable fountain is most abundant. The blacks and natives are then seen hastening from all quarters, furnished with large bowls to receive the milk, which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some empty their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children. We seem to see the family of a shepherd who distributes...
Seite liii - States, far from consulting the dictates of a policy questionable in its morality, has yielded to an obligation of duty of the highest order, by recognizing as independent states nations which, after deliberately asserting their right to that character, have maintained and established it against all the resistance which had been, or could be brought to oppose it.
Seite lii - In every question relating to the independence of a nation, two principles are involved ; one of right, and the other of fact : the former exclusively depending upon the determination of the nation itself, and the latter resulting from the successful execution of that determination.
Seite xliii - to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, that separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them.
Seite xxxv - Through the whole of this contest the United States have remained neutral, and have fulfilled with the utmost impartiality all the obligations incident to that character.
Seite 588 - We were on a plain of sand perfectly smooth ; and were, told, that, as far as we could see along the beach, turtles' eggs were concealed under a layer of earth. The missionary carried a long pole in his hand. He showed us, that, by means of this pole...
Seite 667 - ... northern countries of the melancholy reveries, and the contemplative life of missionaries. Though extremely busy about a cow which was to be killed next day, the old monk received us with kindness, and permitted us to hang up our hammocks in a gallery of his house. Seated, without doing any thing, the greater part of the day, in an arm-chair of red wood, he bitterly complained of what he called the indolence and ignorance of his countrymen.
Seite 308 - It is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east by...
Seite 527 - The greater part of the people, however, have as great an antipathy to the beard, as the Eastern nations hold it in reverence. This antipathy is derived from the same source as the predilection for flat foreheads, which is seen in so singular a manner in the statues of the Azteck heroes and divinities. Nations attach the idea of beauty to every thing, which particularly characterizes their own physical conformation, their natural physiognomy-f-.