The History of Paraguay: With Notes of Personal Observations, and Reminiscences of Diplomacy Under Difficulties, Τόμος 1Lee & Shepard, 1871 |
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Σελίδα 307 - And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man who built his house upon the sand ; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell ; and great was the fall of it.
Σελίδα 33 - Before them of the ten years' war in Troy, And our great deeds, as half-forgotten things. Is there confusion in the little isle ? Let what is broken so remain. The Gods are hard to reconcile; 'T is hard to settle order once again.
Σελίδα 223 - He had a mate-cup in one hand, a cigar in the other ; and a little urchin of a negro, with his arms crossed, was in attendance by the gentleman's side. The stranger's countenance was dark, and his black eyes were very penetrating, while his jet hair, combed back from a bold forehead, and hanging in natural ringlets over his shoulders, gave him a dignified and striking air. He wore on his shoes large golden buckles, and at the knees of his breeches the same.
Σελίδα 383 - The two high contracting parties, appreciating the difficulty of agreeing upon the amount of the reclamations to which the said company may be entitled, and being convinced that a commission is the only equitable and honorable method by which the two countries can arrive at a perfect understanding thereof, hereby covenant to adjust them accordingly by a loyal commission. To determine the amount of said reclamations, it is, therefore, agreed to constitute such a commission, whose decision shall be...
Σελίδα 383 - I. The Government of the Republic of Paraguay binds itself for the responsibility in favor of the " United States and Paraguay Navigation Company," which may result from the decree of commissioners, who, it is agreed, shall be appointed as follows: AKTICLE II.
Σελίδα 164 - Francia's Reign of Terror." Three years after the departure of the Robertsons, two other foreigners entered Paraguay, and were there detained for six years by the Dictator, at the expiration of which time they were allowed to depart. These were Rengger and Longchamp, two doctors of medicine, both natives of Switzerland, * Four Years in Paraguay : comprising an Account of that Republic under the Government of the Dictator Francia. By JP and WP Robertson. t Francia's Reign of Terror ; being a Sequel...
Σελίδα 383 - The two commissioners named in the said manner shall meet in the city of Washington, to investigate, adjust and determine the amount of the claims of the above-mentioned company, upon sufficient proofs of the charges and defences of the contending parties.
Σελίδα 192 - ... historical propriety than I should have expected from a Roman Catholic artist in Paraguay, there were thrown up behind the saint some artificial rocks, moss and trees, meant to represent the Isle of Patmos, in which he wrote the Apocalypse. "Every friend of Dona Juana had lent some part of her jewellery for the decoration of the holy man. Rings sparkled on his fingers, collars hung around his neck, a tiara graced his venerable brow, the lacings of his sandals were...
Σελίδα 237 - The first instrument that the infantile hand of the gaucho grasps is the knife ; the first things that attract his attention as a child are the pouring out of blood and the palpitating flesh of expiring animals. From his earliest years, as soon as he is able to walk, he is taught how he may with the greatest skill approach the living beast, hough it, and if he has strength, kill it.
Σελίδα 237 - ... life he never parts with it. It is to his hand an additional limb ; he makes use of it always, in all cases, in every circumstance, and constantly with wonderful skill and address. The same knife that in the morning had been used to slaughter a bullock or to kill a tiger aids him, in the daytime, to cut his dinner, and at night to carve out a skin tent, or else to repair his saddle or to mend his mandoline. With the gaucho the knife is often used as an argument in support of his opinions. In...