Brazil and La Plata: The Personal Record of a CruiseG. P. Putnam & Company, 1856 - 428 Seiten |
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admiration American appearance Argentine Argentine Confederation arrival beautiful beneath Botafogo Brazil Brazilian bright Buenos Ayres Captain McIntosh carriage chapel chargé d'affaires chief church civil color command Commodore McKeever Congress Consul crew deck distance dress duty Emperor entire feet Flamengo flowers foreign Foundling Hospital fresh furnished gaucho half height hill honor horses hour hundred inst island kind LA PLATA ladies land liberty lofty magnificent man-of-war Manuelita marriage ment miles milreis Montevideo morning mountains mounted native negro night officers Organ Mountains Oribe ornamented palace Palermo party passed Plata port Portuguese present principal province Republic residence Rio de Janeiro river Rosas sail scarcely scene seen ship shore side soon street thing thousand tion town trees troops Urquiza valley vessels walk Washington Irving weather whole wild wind
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Seite 235 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Seite 235 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Seite 140 - She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Seite 123 - It is a fearful thing To stand upon the beetling verge, and see Where storm and lightning, from that huge gray wall, Have tumbled down vast blocks, and at the base Dashed them in fragments, and to lay thine ear Over the dizzy depth, and hear the sound Of winds that struggle with the woods below, Come up like ocean murmurs.
Seite 123 - Steep is the western side, shaggy and wild With mossy trees, and pinnacles of flint, And many a hanging crag.
Seite 4 - How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.
Seite 6 - How are Thy servants blest, O Lord How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, Omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Seite 192 - No person is disturbed by it, not even the women, who remain as cold, unmoved spectators of the affray. It may easily be surmised what sort of persons they must be of which such a scene is but a specimen of their domestic manners. Thus the savage education of the estancia produces in the gaucho a complete indifference as to human life, by familiarizing him from his most tender years to the contemplation of a violent death, whether it is that he inflicts it on another or receives it himself. He lifts...