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Un hombre se cansa cuando las jornadas se extienden, un hombre se debilita cuando se ha esforzado demasiado y el rancho es escaso, un hombre suele retraerse cuando el contendor lo supera ampliamente en fortaleza y recursos, un hombre quiere una casa donde caer rendido por las noches y donde amanecer con su mujer y sus hijos.
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Un hombre se cansa cuando las jornadas se extienden, un hombre se debilita cuando se ha esforzado demasiado y el rancho es escaso, un hombre suele retraerse cuando el contendor lo supera ampliamente en fortaleza y recursos, un hombre quiere una casa donde caer rendido por las noches y donde amanecer con su mujer y sus hijos.
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Nothing can better shadow forth the weariness of those weekly _jornadas del muerto_ than the fact that I found now and then an oasis of delight in pious stories for children, out of the Sabbath-school library.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various
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In addition he reduced the number of jornadas, or acts, from five to four, and introduced a number of metrical forms hitherto unknown upon the stage.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Five days, by easy jornadas, they traveled down the river, and arrived on the 14th at the first rancheria [22] of the Channel Indians.
The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco Eusebius J. Molera 1880
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Between us and the Colorado river we were aware that the country was extremely poor in grass, and scarce for water, there being many _jornadas_, (days 'journey,) or long stretches of forty to sixty miles, without water, where the road was marked by bones of animals.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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Spaniards called ` jornadas '-- on foot was out of the question.
The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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They're clear at the top for the first time in 10 years; when the final whistle goes and week six officially ends just before 11 o'clock, they'll have been top for two consecutive jornadas for the first time since 1934-35.
The Guardian World News Sid Lowe 2011
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Naharro did introduce the division into _five_ jornadas, and Cervantes assumes only the credit of having been the first to _reduce them to three_.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 William Hickling Prescott 1827
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They afford the earliest example of the division into _jornadas_, or days, and of the _intróito_, or prologue, in which the author, after propitiating the audience by suitable compliment, and witticisms not over delicate, gives a view of the length and general scope of his play.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 William Hickling Prescott 1827
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