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 11
... Spanish court . Spain was engaged , at that juncture , in a dangerous war with Granada , the last of the Moorish kingdoms . The cautious and suspicious temper of Ferdinand was not congenial with bold and uncommon designs . Isabella ...
... Spanish court . Spain was engaged , at that juncture , in a dangerous war with Granada , the last of the Moorish kingdoms . The cautious and suspicious temper of Ferdinand was not congenial with bold and uncommon designs . Isabella ...
Page 19
... Spanish sailors accustomed only to coasting voyages in the Mediterranean ; the knowledge of Columbus , the fruit of thirty years experience , improved by the inventive skill of the Portu- guese , appeared immense . When they were at sea ...
... Spanish sailors accustomed only to coasting voyages in the Mediterranean ; the knowledge of Columbus , the fruit of thirty years experience , improved by the inventive skill of the Portu- guese , appeared immense . When they were at sea ...
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... Spanish name over every other nation . The words of a man they were accustomed to obey and rever- ence , were weighty and persuasive . They not only restrained them from violent excesses , but prevailed with them to accompa- ny their ...
... Spanish name over every other nation . The words of a man they were accustomed to obey and rever- ence , were weighty and persuasive . They not only restrained them from violent excesses , but prevailed with them to accompa- ny their ...
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... Spanish arms . These rude people , strangers to any hostile weapons , but wooden swords , javelins hardened in the fire , and reeds pointed with the bones of fishes , admired and trembled , but the sudden explosion of the great guns ...
... Spanish arms . These rude people , strangers to any hostile weapons , but wooden swords , javelins hardened in the fire , and reeds pointed with the bones of fishes , admired and trembled , but the sudden explosion of the great guns ...
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... Spanish nation , and with that modest simplicity so character- istic of great minds , that , satisfied with having performed great actions , seeks not an ostentatious display of words to set them forth . When his narration was finished ...
... Spanish nation , and with that modest simplicity so character- istic of great minds , that , satisfied with having performed great actions , seeks not an ostentatious display of words to set them forth . When his narration was finished ...
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