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Page 94
You have done mischief enough , fools of Lugareņos . Now we go . ” I saw , as in a dream of stress and violence , some men making ready to cast off the schooner , and then , in a supreme effort , an effort of lusty youth and strength ...
You have done mischief enough , fools of Lugareņos . Now we go . ” I saw , as in a dream of stress and violence , some men making ready to cast off the schooner , and then , in a supreme effort , an effort of lusty youth and strength ...
Page 123
The respectable population of Rio Medio , leading a cloistered existence in the ruins of old splendor , used to call that thievish rabble Lugareņos — villagers . They were sea - thieves , but they were dangerous .
The respectable population of Rio Medio , leading a cloistered existence in the ruins of old splendor , used to call that thievish rabble Lugareņos — villagers . They were sea - thieves , but they were dangerous .
Page 130
He could make himself necessary ; he could bribe ; he could frighten ; he was able to make use of the highest in the land and of the lowest , from the present Captain - General to the Lugareņos . In Havana he had for him the reigning ...
He could make himself necessary ; he could bribe ; he could frighten ; he was able to make use of the highest in the land and of the lowest , from the present Captain - General to the Lugareņos . In Havana he had for him the reigning ...
Page 133
There has arrived a friar from a Havana convent amongst the Lugareņos of the bay . I have known him come like this before . ” I remembered that in the morning , while dressing , I had glanced out of the narrow outside window of my room ...
There has arrived a friar from a Havana convent amongst the Lugareņos of the bay . I have known him come like this before . ” I remembered that in the morning , while dressing , I had glanced out of the narrow outside window of my room ...
Page 137
The two Lugareņos had stolen in unnoticed by me . There was a stifled metallic ringing , as of a guitar carried under a cloak . “ Vengeance on the heretic Inglez ! " Come away ! They may suddenly open the gate and fall upon us with ...
The two Lugareņos had stolen in unnoticed by me . There was a stifled metallic ringing , as of a guitar carried under a cloak . “ Vengeance on the heretic Inglez ! " Come away ! They may suddenly open the gate and fall upon us with ...
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