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 language , she explained what they said in the Yucatan tongue . This woman , known afterwards by the name of Donna Marina , will make a considerable figure in the history of the New World : having been carried off a captive by ...
... Mexican language , she explained what they said in the Yucatan tongue . This woman , known afterwards by the name of Donna Marina , will make a considerable figure in the history of the New World : having been carried off a captive by ...
Page 79
... Mexicans looked on with silent amazement , at ob- jects so awful , and above their comprehension . At the explosion ... Mexican monarchs , in order to obtain early informatio every occurrence in all the corners of their vast empire , had ...
... Mexicans looked on with silent amazement , at ob- jects so awful , and above their comprehension . At the explosion ... Mexican monarchs , in order to obtain early informatio every occurrence in all the corners of their vast empire , had ...
Page 80
... Mexicans , presuming upon this , informed him , that their master , though he desired him to accept of what he had sent , as expressive of that regard for the prince who had sent him ; yet , at the same time , informed him , that he ...
... Mexicans , presuming upon this , informed him , that their master , though he desired him to accept of what he had sent , as expressive of that regard for the prince who had sent him ; yet , at the same time , informed him , that he ...
Page 81
... Mexican sceptre , he was the most haughty , the most violent , and the most impatient of control His subjects looked ... Mexicans were more prone to superstition than any peo ple in the New World , they were more deeply affected with the ...
... Mexican sceptre , he was the most haughty , the most violent , and the most impatient of control His subjects looked ... Mexicans were more prone to superstition than any peo ple in the New World , they were more deeply affected with the ...
Page 82
... Mexican council were satisfied with issuing a more positive injunction , requiring them to leave the country ; but be- trayed such tiundity and infatuation , that they accompanied this order with a present of such value , as proved a ...
... Mexican council were satisfied with issuing a more positive injunction , requiring them to leave the country ; but be- trayed such tiundity and infatuation , that they accompanied this order with a present of such value , as proved a ...
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