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 & 1820 |
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Page 15
... termination of which we , as yet , saw no prospect . 28th - My attention , upon awaking this morn- ing , was roused , by the pitiable situation in which I perceived , lying at my side , an English Officer , who had served in the British ...
... termination of which we , as yet , saw no prospect . 28th - My attention , upon awaking this morn- ing , was roused , by the pitiable situation in which I perceived , lying at my side , an English Officer , who had served in the British ...
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... terminated a tor- rent of uncalled - for abuse , by A BLOW , which laid ARISMENDI prostrate at his feet , in a state of insensibility . From that moment revenge was his darling theme , the cherished object of his every thought . He ...
... terminated a tor- rent of uncalled - for abuse , by A BLOW , which laid ARISMENDI prostrate at his feet , in a state of insensibility . From that moment revenge was his darling theme , the cherished object of his every thought . He ...
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... in Dublin , whose voice it was , jumped into the sea , and swam on board . It was at this time our particular intimacy took place , an intimacy which terminated with his life at Angustura , after a participation with me , 38.
... in Dublin , whose voice it was , jumped into the sea , and swam on board . It was at this time our particular intimacy took place , an intimacy which terminated with his life at Angustura , after a participation with me , 38.
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... termination . Our retreat was , as yet , not too far advanced ; and whether , like cowards , to desert the cause of patriotism , and by returning to our native country become the laughing - stocks of those who had opposed our ardent ...
... termination . Our retreat was , as yet , not too far advanced ; and whether , like cowards , to desert the cause of patriotism , and by returning to our native country become the laughing - stocks of those who had opposed our ardent ...
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... terminated by the arrival of a formidable , and to us previously unknown race of visitants , the Musquitoes , of whose existence we were soon convinced ; nothing could repel their attacks , and the sleep of which we stood so much in ...
... terminated by the arrival of a formidable , and to us previously unknown race of visitants , the Musquitoes , of whose existence we were soon convinced ; nothing could repel their attacks , and the sleep of which we stood so much in ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 86 - ... blanket, with a hole cut in the centre, through which the head...
Page 137 - MEADE ; and that he looked with hope for the arrival of the rest of the Irish Legion.
Page 22 - As we proceeded we saw several flocks of a small species of Parrot...
Page 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...