The History of North and South America, from Its Discovery to the Death of General Washington, Volumes 1-2Benjamin Warner, and sold at his stores, Richmond, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, 1819 - America |
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Page 78
... Mexican empire . Though it was tedious and troublesome to converse by the intervention of two different interpreters , Cortes was so highly pleased , that he considered it , in the transports of his joy , as a visible interposition of ...
... Mexican empire . Though it was tedious and troublesome to converse by the intervention of two different interpreters , Cortes was so highly pleased , that he considered it , in the transports of his joy , as a visible interposition of ...
Page 79
Richard Snowden. The Mexican officers could not conceal their uneasiness at a ... Mexicans looked on with silent amazement , at ob- jects so awful , and above ... empire , had pos ed couriers , or runners at different stations , along the ...
Richard Snowden. The Mexican officers could not conceal their uneasiness at a ... Mexicans looked on with silent amazement , at ob- jects so awful , and above ... empire , had pos ed couriers , or runners at different stations , along the ...
Page 81
... Mexican empire , they were altogether inadequate to the present conjuncture : he was neither qualified to judge with discernment , nor to act with that decision necessy in such a trying emergency . From the first account of the ...
... Mexican empire , they were altogether inadequate to the present conjuncture : he was neither qualified to judge with discernment , nor to act with that decision necessy in such a trying emergency . From the first account of the ...
Page 82
... Mexican empire by its wealth , contended it would be an act of the wildest frenzy to attack such a state , with a small body of men , in want of provisions , unconnected with an ally , and already debilitated by the diseases of the ...
... Mexican empire by its wealth , contended it would be an act of the wildest frenzy to attack such a state , with a small body of men , in want of provisions , unconnected with an ally , and already debilitated by the diseases of the ...
Page 90
... Mexican empire . This was considered sanctuary of their guy all the natives as a holy place , the which devotees resorted from every province , and a greater number of human victims were offered in its temple , than in that of Mexico ...
... Mexican empire . This was considered sanctuary of their guy all the natives as a holy place , the which devotees resorted from every province , and a greater number of human victims were offered in its temple , than in that of Mexico ...
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