 | Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 462 sider
...within the town of Montemor-o-Velho, an uncle of mine, desirous to advance me to a better fortune than that whereunto I was reduced at that time, and to take me from the caresses and cockerings of my mother, brought me to this city of Lisbon, where he put me into the service... | |
 | dr Primrose (pseud) - 1866 - 504 sider
...within the town of Monte-mor Ovelho, an uncle of mine, desirous to advance me to a better fortune than that whereunto I was reduced at that time, and to take me from the caresses and cockerings of my mother, brought me to this city of Lisbon, where he put me into the service... | |
 | Fernão Mendes Pinto - 1892 - 518 sider
...misery and poverty of my fathers house within the town of Monte-mor Ovelho, an uncle of mine, desirous to advance me to a better fortune then that whereunto...was reduced at that time, and to take me from the caresses and cockerings of my mother, brought me to this city of Lisbon, where he put me into the service... | |
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... saved, I take from the beginning of my Voyage the time which I spent in this Kingdom of Portugal, and say, That after I had lived there till I was about eleven or twelve years old, in the misery and poverty of my Fathers house within the Town of Monte-mor... 