The American Quarterly Review, Volume 10Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1881 |
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... favour either of the governor or the Spaniards , and defending his country against the pretensions of either , he showed himself a judge , as incor- ruptible , as he had been an advocate of integrity . The ascendancy which the talents ...
... favour either of the governor or the Spaniards , and defending his country against the pretensions of either , he showed himself a judge , as incor- ruptible , as he had been an advocate of integrity . The ascendancy which the talents ...
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... favour of his colleague , he had the address to suspend the ballot . Menaced with a similar result on the second session , he employed the same artifice . At last , on the third day , the deputies began to comprehend the reason why the ...
... favour of his colleague , he had the address to suspend the ballot . Menaced with a similar result on the second session , he employed the same artifice . At last , on the third day , the deputies began to comprehend the reason why the ...
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... favour of King Ferdinand . In these execu- tions , the Dictator delivered with his own hands the necessary powder and balls . His economy of ammunition was so great , that he allowed only three soldiers to each execution ; so that it ...
... favour of King Ferdinand . In these execu- tions , the Dictator delivered with his own hands the necessary powder and balls . His economy of ammunition was so great , that he allowed only three soldiers to each execution ; so that it ...
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... favour of the upper classes succeeded . But a melancholy change had now been wrought in the national character , when brothers were seen to denounce a brother , and a father to accuse his children . Thus suspicion grew up even in ...
... favour of the upper classes succeeded . But a melancholy change had now been wrought in the national character , when brothers were seen to denounce a brother , and a father to accuse his children . Thus suspicion grew up even in ...
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... favour . Meanwhile , the arrest of M. Bon- pland , in the latter part of 1821 , greatly alarmed the strangers ; but the Dicta- tor did every thing to reassure them . Having just got back , on 28th December , from a voyage to Villa Real ...
... favour . Meanwhile , the arrest of M. Bon- pland , in the latter part of 1821 , greatly alarmed the strangers ; but the Dicta- tor did every thing to reassure them . Having just got back , on 28th December , from a voyage to Villa Real ...
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