A Traveller's Rambling Reminiscences of the Spanish WarJ. Ridgway & Sons, 1838 - 335 pages |
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... Madrid ; from Madrid to Saragossa ; then by Jaca , over the Pyrenees , into France . From the peculiar and solitary situation I am placed in , for the sake of truth and justice , I am compelled to take up my pen and write , and draw ...
... Madrid ; from Madrid to Saragossa ; then by Jaca , over the Pyrenees , into France . From the peculiar and solitary situation I am placed in , for the sake of truth and justice , I am compelled to take up my pen and write , and draw ...
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... Madrid and doing nothing , were punctually paid , and not a farthing was owing them . In the month of May , at St. Sebastian , an officer of the 1st regiment of the Spanish guards told me , that their quarter due the 1st of March had ...
... Madrid and doing nothing , were punctually paid , and not a farthing was owing them . In the month of May , at St. Sebastian , an officer of the 1st regiment of the Spanish guards told me , that their quarter due the 1st of March had ...
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... Madrid , to Saragossa through the Pyrenees into France . It was in 1834 that Don Carlos quitted England , and threw himself into the Biscayan provinces . At that time , after patient inquiry , I had come to the belief , WITH THE SPANISH ...
... Madrid , to Saragossa through the Pyrenees into France . It was in 1834 that Don Carlos quitted England , and threw himself into the Biscayan provinces . At that time , after patient inquiry , I had come to the belief , WITH THE SPANISH ...
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... Madrid by any con- veyance they thought the most sure , was to me a matter of perfect indifference ; in- quiries how it was to be done were made at the consul's . Now , the insurances , from Seville to London , over the Bay of Biscay ...
... Madrid by any con- veyance they thought the most sure , was to me a matter of perfect indifference ; in- quiries how it was to be done were made at the consul's . Now , the insurances , from Seville to London , over the Bay of Biscay ...
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... Madrid . The unaccustomed patrols of troops that were scouring the roads , therefore rendering them perfectly safe , was to prevent any Carlist bands who might have got notice of their passage , making a rush from the mountains , and ...
... Madrid . The unaccustomed patrols of troops that were scouring the roads , therefore rendering them perfectly safe , was to prevent any Carlist bands who might have got notice of their passage , making a rush from the mountains , and ...
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Page 327 - ... part of any province or people, or in the service of, or for, or under, or in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 294 - That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying, that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct, that there be laid before this House an account of the progress made in such inquiry, and of the measures adopted in consequence thereof.
Page 327 - Colony, Province, or Part of any Province or People, or in the Service of or for or under or in Aid of any Person or Persons exercising or assuming to exercise the Powers of Government in or over any Foreign Country...
Page 23 - ... prevailed, and at last, the fury rising to an absolute madness, a fire was wilfully lighted in the middle of the great magazine, when the town and all in it would have been blown to atoms, but for the energetic courage of some...
Page 122 - Guards, which were to make their appearance in a few days, was taken possession of, extending about a mile and a half on the other side of the river.
Page 327 - ... although no enlisting money, or pay, or reward shall have been, or shall be, in any or either of the cases aforesaid, actually paid to, or received by him, or by any person to or for his use or benefit...
Page 24 - Shameless rapacity, brutal intemperance, savage lust, cruelty, and murder, shrieks and piteous lamentations, groans, shouts, imprecations, the hissing of fires bursting from the houses, the crashing of doors and windows, and the reports of muskets used in violence, resounded for two days and nights in the streets of Badajoz!
Page 326 - An Act to prevent the enlisting or engagement of His Majesty's subjects to serve in foreign service, and the fitting out or equipping, in His Majesty's dominions, vessels for warlike purposes, without His Majesty's license...
Page 327 - ... agree to enlist or enter himself to serve as a sailor or marine, or to be employed, or engaged, or shall serve in and on board any ship or vessel of war, or in and on board any ship or vessel used or fitted out, or equipped, or intended to be used...
Page 327 - Marine, or to be employed or engaged, or shall serve in and on board any Ship or Vessel of War, or in and on board any Ship or Vessel used, or fitted out, or equipped, or intended to be used for any warlike purpose...