Cuba Past and PresentChapman & Hall, 1898 - 284 pages |
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Page 26
... of worship than in Spain itself . From all I have heard , Cuba is the last place in the world where people trouble their heads over theological or philosophical questions . Life is essen- tially materialistic 26 CUBA PAST AND PRESENT .
... of worship than in Spain itself . From all I have heard , Cuba is the last place in the world where people trouble their heads over theological or philosophical questions . Life is essen- tially materialistic 26 CUBA PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 34
... heads to teach the poor wretches any lesson beyond that of implicit obedience to their own will and caprice . Even the rudiments of the catechism were absolutely forbidden . Many a worthy priest has found , to his cost , that any ...
... heads to teach the poor wretches any lesson beyond that of implicit obedience to their own will and caprice . Even the rudiments of the catechism were absolutely forbidden . Many a worthy priest has found , to his cost , that any ...
Page 36
... heads bending over instru- ments played by sable hands . Many members of the Tacon orchestra , one of the best in existence , are full- blooded negroes , and , with their co - operation , not only Italian , but Wagnerian opera , is ...
... heads bending over instru- ments played by sable hands . Many members of the Tacon orchestra , one of the best in existence , are full- blooded negroes , and , with their co - operation , not only Italian , but Wagnerian opera , is ...
Page 43
... heads ; and others , again , who were vampires , and sucked their prisoners ' blood until they died of ex- haustion , and thereby confirmed Othello's account of his adventures— " In lands where dwell cannibals that each other eat , The ...
... heads ; and others , again , who were vampires , and sucked their prisoners ' blood until they died of ex- haustion , and thereby confirmed Othello's account of his adventures— " In lands where dwell cannibals that each other eat , The ...
Page 72
... head of some 3000 rebels , mostly escaped negroes . Tacon had not much difficulty in routing him and his ill - disciplined troops . The Havana of that period was by no means a safe place of residence . It had become the gambling hell of ...
... head of some 3000 rebels , mostly escaped negroes . Tacon had not much difficulty in routing him and his ill - disciplined troops . The Havana of that period was by no means a safe place of residence . It had become the gambling hell of ...
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