The History of Paraguay: With Notes of Personal Observations, and Reminiscences of Diplomacy Under Difficulties, Svazek 1Lee & Shepard, 1871 |
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Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 191 - ... or gossips. The old lady was eighty-four years of age ; rich, hale, healthy, vigorous and active ; and she was in the habit of riding to Assumption from her country-house and back again on a gallant palfrey, three times a-week. Though a wrinkled skeleton, and brown as an Egyptian mummy, she was erect; she did not totter at all; and her utterance, even in Spanish, was clear, unbroken, and distinct. Her name (and it was a very old family name) was Dona Juana Ysquibel.
Strana 252 - ... old enemy, the bandit and firebrand, reduced now to beg shelter of him, was good; humane, even dignified. Francia refused to see or treat with such a person, as he had ever done; but readily granted him a place of residence in the interior, and "thirty piasters a month till he died.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 194 - Bargas, powdered, and pomatumed, and frizzled from top to toe. In came the merchants, full of " wise saws and modern instances ;" and finally, in came the late gentleman-like, modest, and dignified Spanish governor, General Velasco. He was attended simply by his butler and valet-de-chambre, (for the faithful man served him in both capacities) and a groom. All his power was gone; his honours were laid in the dust : there were his rivals revelling in those attributes and distinctions which but a few...