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Page 215 - ... from Lisbon Dom Pedro, after some hesitation, refused to honor. And on January 9, 1822, in response to memorials and petitions from the provinces of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais and from the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro urging him to remain with them in Brazil, he gave his celebrated promise: "As it is for the good of all and the general felicity of the nation, say to the people that I will remain.
Page 393 - ... in effect until May 31, 1897." This treaty marked the beginnings of a great increase in the already considerable British influence in the economic, social, and political life of Chile. However, it was some time before Britain's representative in Chile was raised in rank. In 1861 Chile accredited an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James, but the death of Prince Albert delayed the presentation of credentials.*8 Sometime between that year and 1868 this envoy...
Page 279 - It was therefore quite in accordance with the doctrines and the practice of that dramatic school to which he belonged, and of which he was one of the chiefest ornaments, that the last words he ever penned should have been about
Page 370 - He rendered important services to his native province, organizing 1 the military hospital at Ouro Preto and treating the sick during- the terrible epidemic which then raged in the province.
Page 603 - ... malevolence of his enemies. Cortes in his childhood was of feeble health, and often seemed at the point of death. He early adopted, says Gomara, who was afterwards his chaplain, the glorious apostle of Jesus Christ, St. Peter, as his patron saint, whose annual festival he was always careful to observe. At fourteen years of age, he was sent by his parents to study at Salamanca, where he resided with Francisco Nunez de Valera, who had married his father's sister. Here he commenced a regular course...
Page 317 - Knight of the Most Noble and Ancient Order of the Tower and Sword, formerly RN, Captaiu late HM Army Transport Corps, MRHS and MRSL, of No.
Page 371 - Meirelles deserves to be considered the founder of this establishment, of which he was for several years the worthy president.
Page 585 - March 1742, and on the 27th of the same month, early in the morning, the...
Page 224 - Establishment, and to the general satisfaction and concord of all classes of his Majesty's subjects. PORTUGAL. — Don Pedro, emperor of Brazil, on the 3d of March last, by a public decree completed his abdication of the crown of Portugal, in favor of his daughter, Donna Maria, who is recognised...
Page 18 - Prince de Joinville, son of Louis Philippe, then King of the French.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Brazilian biographical annual, Volume 3 Brazilian biographical annual, Joaquim Manoel de Macedo |
| Author | Joaquim Manoel de Macedo |
| Published | 1876 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 10 May 2007 |
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