Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 13R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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... beautiful Mexican señorita , who proved an estimable wife , and who trained her children to speak the Spanish language . Mrs. Stevens was a highly educated and accomplished lady , and her children were all that any fond parents could ...
... beautiful Mexican señorita , who proved an estimable wife , and who trained her children to speak the Spanish language . Mrs. Stevens was a highly educated and accomplished lady , and her children were all that any fond parents could ...
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... beautiful señorita to complete the picture , the doors of these Havana houses were also worth a sep- arate inspection and study . " The Cuban house embodied the idea of protec- tion , and was practically a one- or two - story castle ...
... beautiful señorita to complete the picture , the doors of these Havana houses were also worth a sep- arate inspection and study . " The Cuban house embodied the idea of protec- tion , and was practically a one- or two - story castle ...
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... beautiful occupants , was the canopied balconies ; and no city in the world possessed so many , fashioned in such beautiful and fantastic form . Other cities have balconies , but the Spanish balcony is the most winsome . From its ...
... beautiful occupants , was the canopied balconies ; and no city in the world possessed so many , fashioned in such beautiful and fantastic form . Other cities have balconies , but the Spanish balcony is the most winsome . From its ...
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... beautiful and luxurious land . In the morning , Fernando Stevens was awakened by the song of the little mountain stream behind the house , in which the birds about and above the house joined , making sleep no longer possible . " Between ...
... beautiful and luxurious land . In the morning , Fernando Stevens was awakened by the song of the little mountain stream behind the house , in which the birds about and above the house joined , making sleep no longer possible . " Between ...
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... beautiful brunette of twenty- four , acted the part of hostess and strove to make amends for the absence of the lady of the house . The time between el desayuno and la camida is a period in all well - to - do homes in Cuba of absolute ...
... beautiful brunette of twenty- four , acted the part of hostess and strove to make amends for the absence of the lady of the house . The time between el desayuno and la camida is a period in all well - to - do homes in Cuba of absolute ...
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Aibonito American answered arms army asked battle Bayamo beautiful began boat brave Bumboat Camaguey camp captain Captain-General castle Cervera Cespedes coast Colonel Marti command Constellino cruiser Cuba Cuba Libre Cuban danger dark deck Don Manuel door enemy ensign eyes face father Fernando Stevens fight filibuster fire flag fleet gazing George Stevens guardia civil guns hand harbor Havana heart hope insurgents island José Marti knew land leftenant Lieutenant Stevens look Manila miles Mirs Bay Morro mother Nathan never night officer Parker patriots port Puerto Rico reached Roosevelt Rough Riders sailors San Juan San Juan Heights Santiago Santiago de Cuba seemed Senada señor Señorita sent shells ship shore shot side silence smoke soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish stone strange thought thousand told took troops turned vessels Viola volunteers wife wounded young