These had, in most cases, been successful, exceptions, such as the unfortunate mexican expedition, seeming negligible.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
To these boots were attached a pair of mexican spurs, useful for the mule-riding which is so frequent a mode of transit in these parts.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
The mexican had no written, but a pictorial language.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs