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As to capital , though the superiority of the English can- not be denied , yet it is also true that there exist even in Mexico , monied men well able and willing to advance large sums on a mining speculation which should seem to hold ...
As to capital , though the superiority of the English can- not be denied , yet it is also true that there exist even in Mexico , monied men well able and willing to advance large sums on a mining speculation which should seem to hold ...
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If , with the influence of the Count Regla , it was found impossible to suppress theft , how much more must the English be exposed to suffer from it ! We may consider the greater propensity of the natives to cheat them , from the ...
If , with the influence of the Count Regla , it was found impossible to suppress theft , how much more must the English be exposed to suffer from it ! We may consider the greater propensity of the natives to cheat them , from the ...
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The Englishman was not easy till the Frenchman dined with him ; and the Frenchman , who said he lived like a bachelor now that his daughter was married , had the lady to make tea for him several times in the English fashion .
The Englishman was not easy till the Frenchman dined with him ; and the Frenchman , who said he lived like a bachelor now that his daughter was married , had the lady to make tea for him several times in the English fashion .
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