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There are four instances of Peru in three chapters.
Normalized frequency of Peru in the Essays
a singular grace to show their teeth, even below the roots. In Peru the greatest ears are the most beautiful, which they stretch out as …
In Peru they rode post upon men, who took them upon their shoulders in …
of so many kings, and the last they turned out, he of Peru, having been taken in a battle, and put to so excessive a …
compare any of their works with the highway to be seen in Peru, made by the kings of the country, from the city of Quito …