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The question having been decided in the negative, the speaker who had maintained the unethical side of the question explained that he had done this only because it was required of him, his convictions and sympathies being wholly on the other side.
President Baez had received us with great cordiality.
He called upon us soon after our arrival, having previously sent us a fine basket of fruit.
He seemed an intelligent man, and my husband's estimate of him was much opposed to that conveyed in Mr. Sumner's invective against ‘a traitor who sought to sell his own country.’
Baez had sense enough to recognize the security which annexation to the United States would give to his people.
The English are sometimes spoken of as ‘a nation of shopkeepers.’
Santo Domingo might certainly be called a city of shopkeepers.
When we visited it, all of the principal families were engaged in trade.
When daughters were considered of fit age to enter society, they made their debut behind the counter of their father or uncle.
My husband decided, soon after our arrival, to invite the townspeople to a dance.
In preparation for this festivity, the largest room in the palace was swept and garnished with flowers.
A native band of musicians was engaged, and a merry and motley throng invaded our sober premises.
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