Life and Works of Washington IrvingCrowell, 1883 - West (U.S.) |
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Washington Irving. command , but as usual the appointed conference | was postponed , being interrupted by the opening of a campaign , " in which , " says an old chroni- cler of the place , " the same Columbus was found fighting , giving ...
Washington Irving. command , but as usual the appointed conference | was postponed , being interrupted by the opening of a campaign , " in which , " says an old chroni- cler of the place , " the same Columbus was found fighting , giving ...
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... command , and had nothing to lose in case of failure . To this Columbus promptly replied , by offering to furnish one eighth of the cost , on condition of enjoying an eighth of the profits . To do this , he no doubt calculated on the ...
... command , and had nothing to lose in case of failure . To this Columbus promptly replied , by offering to furnish one eighth of the cost , on condition of enjoying an eighth of the profits . To do this , he no doubt calculated on the ...
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... command , and were to obey him in all things , with merely one stipulation , that neither he nor they were to go to St. George la Mina , on the coast of Guinea , nor any other of the lately discovered possessions of Portugal . A cer ...
... command , and were to obey him in all things , with merely one stipulation , that neither he nor they were to go to St. George la Mina , on the coast of Guinea , nor any other of the lately discovered possessions of Portugal . A cer ...
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... command was given to Diego de Arana , a native of Cordova , and notary and alguazil to the armament , who was to retain all the powers vest- ed in him by the Catholic sovereigns . In case of his death , Pedro Gutierrez was to command ...
... command was given to Diego de Arana , a native of Cordova , and notary and alguazil to the armament , who was to retain all the powers vest- ed in him by the Catholic sovereigns . In case of his death , Pedro Gutierrez was to command ...
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... commands the best fording place in the neighborhood for crossing the River Yaqui in dry sea- sons , it must , no doubt ... command to Pedro Margarite , the same cavalier whom he had recom- mended to the favor of the sovereigns ; and he ...
... commands the best fording place in the neighborhood for crossing the River Yaqui in dry sea- sons , it must , no doubt ... command to Pedro Margarite , the same cavalier whom he had recom- mended to the favor of the sovereigns ; and he ...
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Page 42 - ... the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of the other parts of the globe ; or were they some strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in those times was prone to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian Sea ; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to...
Page 355 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Page 231 - With all the visionary fervour of his imagination, its fondest dreams fell short of the reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until his last breath, he entertained the idea that he had merely opened a new way to the old resorts of opulent commerce, and had discovered some of the wild regions of the east. He supposed Hispaniola to be the ancient Ophir, which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia.
Page 71 - Don Christopher Columbus, our Admiral of the Ocean Sea, and Viceroy and Governor of the Islands discovered in the Indies;" at the same time he was promised still further rewards.
Page 43 - ... beings were inhabitants of the skies. The natives of the island were no less objects of curiosity to the Spaniards, differing, as they did, from any race of men they had ever seen. Their appearance gave no promise of either wealth or civilization, for they were entirely naked and painted with a variety of colors.
Page 176 - their majesties commanded me by letter to submit to whatever Bobadilla should order in their name ; by their authority he has put upon me these chains, I will wear them until they shall order them to be taken off, and I will preserve them afterwards as relics and memorials of the reward of my services...
Page 71 - The streets were almost impassable from the countless multitude ; the windows and balconies were crowded with the fair ; the very roofs were covered with spectators. It seemed as if the public eye could not be sated with gazing on these trophies of an unknown world ; or on the remarkable man by whom it had been discovered. There was a sublimity in this event that mingled a solemn feeling with the public joy. It was looked upon as a vast and signal dispensation of Providence...
Page 41 - Rodrigo Sanchez of Segovia, and made the same inquiry. By the time the latter had ascended the roundhouse, the light had disappeared. They saw it once or twice afterwards in sudden and passing gleams ; as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves...
Page 356 - ... of former races, civilized and savage ; the remains of broken and almost extinguished tribes ; the descendants of wandering hunters and trappers ; of fugitives from the Spanish and American frontiers ; of adventurers and desperadoes of every class and country, yearly ejected from the bosom of society into the wilderness.
Page 223 - Little have I profited," he adds, in another, " by twenty years of sen-ice, with such toils and perils ; since, at present, I do not own a roof in Spain. If I desire to eat or sleep, I have no resort but an inn ; and, for the most times, have not wherewithal to pay my bill.