Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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Page 574
... opera house and a sumptuous household guard yet had a gang of hard riders in ragged serapes , and a state coach - though this was really nothing more than a long wagon- “ a curious specimen of Mexican taste and workmanship . " The axles ...
... opera house and a sumptuous household guard yet had a gang of hard riders in ragged serapes , and a state coach - though this was really nothing more than a long wagon- “ a curious specimen of Mexican taste and workmanship . " The axles ...
Page 702
... theatre , appeared and occupied the old Spanish opera house , playing to a " most motley audience , " according to one of the actors - young Mr. Joseph Jefferson . A playbill announced , for Sunday evening , August ninth , The Dumb Girl ...
... theatre , appeared and occupied the old Spanish opera house , playing to a " most motley audience , " according to one of the actors - young Mr. Joseph Jefferson . A playbill announced , for Sunday evening , August ninth , The Dumb Girl ...
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... theatre was always referred to as the " opera house " Its offerings were watched by all of the garrison not engaged in the per- formance , and earnestly overpraised at the last curtain . Any soldier gifted with a public accomplishment ...
... theatre was always referred to as the " opera house " Its offerings were watched by all of the garrison not engaged in the per- formance , and earnestly overpraised at the last curtain . Any soldier gifted with a public accomplishment ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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