The estancia was a snug little place, amply watered by a river lying some miles above the last port where the small river-steamer called. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
They were piled like a mountain in the roomy "estancia". From Wordnik.com. [Renovating our Morelia house] Reference
I sat down alone in one of the chairs we had unpacked in the "estancia". From Wordnik.com. [Renovating our Morelia house] Reference
Brazilian estancia off my feet, resumed my journey. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
He daren't show himself near his estancia after this. '. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
'He has a mixed lot of men on his estancia, has he not?'. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
I had a good horse, which I rode fifty miles to the estancia. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
We then went to an estancia (farm) in the Province of Cordoba. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
'Ross said something about there being trouble on his estancia,' said. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
The estancia, or catile ranch, is a feature of the Argentine prairie. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
On an estancia, carnival is celebrated in a much more drastic fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
Then I went to the estancia house for a month, breaking in colts for driving. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
'I can't make out,' said Ross, 'what the trouble is at present on his estancia. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Then a kind friend found me a place on a well-known estancia in the same province. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
At one estancia I visited I was informed that one was killed each day for pig feed. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
This estancia is a splendid one for learners, because there is a little of everything. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
There had been some heavy work on the estancia that morning, followed by a lazy afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
The little estancia house stood, red-roofed and homelike, with green paraiso trees about it. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Purvis had ridden over several times from his own estancia, bringing his little boy with him. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
It passes right through the estancia, and by means of a station just outside the boundary the. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
Dunbar and the commissario had put a long distance between themselves and the estancia house now. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
On the 25th of May, the great holiday in this country, I went to an estancia to see some friends. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
'There are one or two things which, I gather from my letters, I must put straight at the estancia. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
'We will land here on our way back, and get some horses, and ride over to the estancia in the morning.'. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
All round him was a vast, solitary land, but nearer the estancia were pleasant homely sights and sounds. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
His estancia lay on the river-bank, and was independent of the old heart-breaking system of railway service in. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
The boy arrived at the estancia one night, a poor, tired little object, with a letter from his father in his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
We went to a camp race-meeting, where every estancia has its own tent, there is racing all day and dancing at night. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
He had a share in the estancia, and having tried to live in London in a Government office on two hundred a year, found. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Peter explained that it was Señor Purvis, who owned the big estancia down at La Dorada, whom he was riding to overtake. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
The estancia consisted of three sections, one where I went, another where my brother was, and the other the headquarters. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
A few years ago it was common on an estancia feeding 50,000 or 60,000 cattle to find the household using canned Swiss milk. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
He pointed out his own estancia house by the river-bank, and invited Peter and Sir Nigel to come and stay with him some day. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
They rode away the following morning, and there seemed nothing for it but to wait at the estancia until more news was forthcoming. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
This port was nearer the estancia than the railway station at Taco, and the last stage of the journey, therefore, was made by steamer. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
In January, 1897, the Company rented the estancia of Santa Catalina, which is situated about five miles from Los Cardos on the Central. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
This estancia lies half way between the towns of San Isabel and Venado Tuerto, from the latter of which it is distant about sixteen miles. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
The first thing that roused Peter from the sense of bewilderment and almost of stupor which beset him was Dunbar's arrival at the estancia. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
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