| 1825 - 356 sidor
...who conveyed the necessaries of life by a tedious journey, were enriched ; but the mines were still more lucrative at this period. Many were at length...collected, might not be consumed in payment for them."* The capital of the province, and the only considerable town, is Villa Boa, originally the arraial of... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1825 - 366 sidor
...who conveyed the necessaries of life by a tedious journey, were enriched ; but the mines were still more lucrative at this period. Many were at length...collected, might not be consumed in payment for them."* The capital of the province, and the only considerable town, is Villa Boa, originally the arraial of... | |
| 1847 - 634 sidor
...judiciously exercise over his tenantry, in inducing them to permit their boys, when in attendance at school, to devote a portion of their time to the cultivation of the farm. This, I consider, would be the greatest difficulty to be surmounted ; but I would have little... | |
| 1850 - 536 sidor
...dangers and fatigues of the field, were b.ound to contribute to the support of their defenders, and to devote a portion of their time to the cultivation of the land of those who were employed in the service of •their country. For a long period, the disfranchised... | |
| 1848 - 636 sidor
...judiciously exercise over his tenantry, in inducing them to permit their boys, when in attendance at school, to devote a portion of their time to the cultivation of the farm. This, I consider, would be the greatest difficulty to be surmounted ; but I would have little... | |
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