 | François Joseph Pons - 1806 - 310 pages
...magistrate has nothing to fear from boisterous offences, he would fall very short, if his vigilance was to be on that account less active. Assassinations, thefts,...not more exempt, perhaps he is less than any other, of that vindictive spirit, so much the more dangerous, as it seeks to strike only in the dark, and... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1822 - 844 pages
...magistrate has nothing to fear from boisterous offences, he would fall very short if his vigilance were to be on that account less active. Assassinations, thefts,...of him steps, investigations, measures capable of baffling the most penetrating sagacity. The Spaniard is not more exempt than any other from that vindictive... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1822 - 846 pages
...magistrate has nothing to fear from boisterous offences, he would fall very short if his vigilance were to be on that account less active. Assassinations, thefts,...of him steps, investigations, measures capable of baffling the most penetrating sagacity. The Spaniard is not more exempt than any other from that vindictive... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 pages
...magistrate has nothing to fear from boisterous offences, he would fall very short if his vigilance were to be on that account less active. Assassinations, thefts,...zeal, and baffling the most penetrating sagacity. " It is a fact, that almost all the assassinations which take place in Caracas, are committed by other... | |
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... compensation. Then, women and children would make by their chattering a noise, that would be heard a long way. Four times as many Spaniards do not make the buzzing of a wasp. 