This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ...which he was evidently condemned to travel during the remainder of his life. At first, Don Pedro's jargon was to me, albeit not unacquainted with French, and well versed in Spanish, unintelligible, and I found afterwards that, although he poured out his words with great rapidity, almost everybody was ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ...which he was evidently condemned to travel during the remainder of his life. At first, Don Pedro's jargon was to me, albeit not unacquainted with French, and well versed in Spanish, unintelligible, and I found afterwards that, although he poured out his words with great rapidity, almost everybody was in fact more indebted to signs than to language for the comprehension of his meaning. By residing with him, however, I got to understand him readily, often acting as interpreter to my less fortunate neighbours; and I shall here, for the better comprehension of what he said, endeavour to give an English equivalent for the Spanish words of which he made use. As Don Pedro, then, led me into the house, he called out to his man of all-work, a handsome young mulatto lad, named Ventura: --"Vangture! Vangtiire! breeng le feu, queek! breeng le feu!" then turning to me he said, " Ah, Don Guillerm, that you sit down; Va! Don Guillerm, je vais faire pull les bottes. Vangture, come Vangture! pull les bottes de Don Guillerm; Ah, seigneur! comme qu'il tarde!"f But just as Don Pedro had said this, in ran the quick Ventura, with a light for my segar, a jack for For the amusement of our Spanish readers, I here give Don Pedro's actual colloquy--"Vangtur! Vangtur! trae le feu, ligere!--trae le feu'." f "Ah, Don Guillerm--Coosted sangt--va--Don Guillerm--je vais faire saque les bottes--Vangtur--Veng, Vangtur--Saque les bottes de Don Guillerm--Ah Seigneur! Comme il tard!" my boots, and for my feet a pair of huge slippers belonging to mine host, who thus re-commenced: --"Va! Don Guillerm! you do fume le cigare; le bon tabac of Paraguay. Ah, Seigneur! (here I lit my segar) Vangtiire! cour, queek! breeng le vin an dee glass; le bon vin; et Vangtiire! breeng le brandee...
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