| Charles Darwin - 1846 - Страниц: 716
...this done, than he turned to the steward and said, "You now have broken the laws, so you must take ray place in the stocks." Such actions as these delighted...equality and dignity. General Rosas is also a perfect horseman—an accomplishment of no small consequence in a country where an assembled army elected its... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1846 - Страниц: 396
...assembled army elected its general * This prophecy has turned out entirely and miserably wtong. 1845. by the following trial: A troop of unbroken horses being driven into a corral, were let out through a gateway, above which was a cross-bar: it was agreed whoever should drop from the bar... | |
| Harriet Beaufort - 1850 - Страниц: 508
...Stanley, " has arisen very much from his being a perfect horseman — a very important accomplishment in a country where an assembled army elected its general by the trial I am going to relate to you." " To elect a general by a trial sounds rather extraordinary," said... | |
| Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff - 1863 - Страниц: 462
...this requires the hand and eye of a master. Mr. Darwin relates that once upon a time a South American army elected its general by the following trial :...unbroken horses being driven into a corral, were let out through a gateway, above which was a cross-bar; it was agreed that whoever should drop from the... | |
| Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff - 1863 - Страниц: 500
...this requires the hand and eye of a master. Mr. Darwin relates that once upon a time a South American army elected its general by the following trial :...unbroken horses being driven into a corral, were let out through a gateway, above which was a cross-bar; it was agreed that whoever should drop from the... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1871 - Страниц: 546
...sooner was this done, than he turned to the steward and said, " You now have broken the laws, so you must take my place in the stocks." Such actions as these delighted the Gtauchos, who all possess high notions of their own equality and dignity. General Rosas is also a perfect... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1873 - Страниц: 552
...sooner was this done, than he turned to the steward and said, " You now have broken the laws, so you must take my place in the stocks." Such actions as...unbroken horses being driven into a corral, were let out through a gateway, above which was a cross-bar: it was agreed whoever should drop from the bar... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1876 - Страниц: 586
...sooner was this done, than he turned to the steward and said, " You now have broken the laws, so you must take my place in the stocks." Such actions as these delighted tlie Gauchos, who all possess high notions of their own equality and dignity. General Rosas is also... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1889 - Страниц: 628
...sooner was this done than he turned to the steward and said, " You now have broken the laws, so \ you must take my place in the stocks." Such actions as...unbroken horses being driven into a corral, were let out through a gateway, above which was a cross-bar. It was agreed whoever should drop from the bar... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1896 - Страниц: 542
...sooner was this done, than he turned to the steward and said, " You now have broken the laws, so you must take my place in the stocks." Such actions as...unbroken horses being driven into a corral, were let out through a gateway, above which was . cross-bar: it was agreed whoever should drop from the bar... | |
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