Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 2Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1895 |
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... beautiful Christina , though I have not seen much of her of late , " continued the rollicking Cortez . " You must be madly in love with her , indeed , to forego the pleasure of this con- quest for her society . ' " " " I am soon to be a ...
... beautiful Christina , though I have not seen much of her of late , " continued the rollicking Cortez . " You must be madly in love with her , indeed , to forego the pleasure of this con- quest for her society . ' " " " I am soon to be a ...
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... beautiful daughter , the most lovely aborigine the Spanish governor had ever seen . Her costume was wild , but becoming . It consisted of a skirt of tinted doe - skin , and moccasins orna- mented with precious jewels . Her abundant ...
... beautiful daughter , the most lovely aborigine the Spanish governor had ever seen . Her costume was wild , but becoming . It consisted of a skirt of tinted doe - skin , and moccasins orna- mented with precious jewels . Her abundant ...
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... beautiful plain twelve leagues in extent . The cacique and his seven sons , followed by a numerous train , met the strangers and welcomed them to his province . The Spaniards were con- ducted with great ceremony to the village , where ...
... beautiful plain twelve leagues in extent . The cacique and his seven sons , followed by a numerous train , met the strangers and welcomed them to his province . The Spaniards were con- ducted with great ceremony to the village , where ...
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... beautiful land , which , from its flowers and the fact that it was discovered on Easter Sunday , he called Florida . As neither populous cities nor gold had been discovered , the land was thought to be too poor and insignificant to ...
... beautiful land , which , from its flowers and the fact that it was discovered on Easter Sunday , he called Florida . As neither populous cities nor gold had been discovered , the land was thought to be too poor and insignificant to ...
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... beautiful is the moonlight of the tropics . In those salubrious climes the day so quickly glides into the night that twilight seems scarce a bridge between them . One moment of darker purple in the sky , of a thousand rose hues in the ...
... beautiful is the moonlight of the tropics . In those salubrious climes the day so quickly glides into the night that twilight seems scarce a bridge between them . One moment of darker purple in the sky , of a thousand rose hues in the ...
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Page 152 - ... cypresses which at this day fling their broad shadows over the land. In the distance beyond the blue waters of the lake, and nearly screened by intervening foliage, was seen a shining speck, the rival capital of Tezcuco, and, still further on, the dark belt of porphyry, girdling the valley around like a rich setting which Nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels.
Page 161 - Amidst a crowd of Indian nobles, preceded by three officers of state, bearing golden wands, they saw the royal palanquin blazing with burnished gold. It was borne on the shoulders of nobles, and over it a canopy of gaudy featherwork, powdered with jewels and fringed with silver, was supported by four attendants of the same rank.
Page 131 - Under him, the earth teemed with fruits and flowers, without the pains of culture. An ear of Indian corn was as much as a single man could carry. The cotton, as it grew, took, of its own accord, the rich dyes of human art. The air was filled with intoxicating perfumes and the sweet melody of birds.
Page 53 - As to yourselves, be as you have hitherto been, faithful and true to me, and by the favor of Christ you will become the richest Spaniards that have ever come to the Indies ; you will render the greatest services to your king that ever vassal rendered to his lord ; and you will have the eternal glory and advantage of all that is here discovered, conquered, and converted to our holy Catholic faith.
Page 164 - ... Cortes responded by the most profound expressions of respect, while he made ample acknowledgments for the substantial proofs which the emperor had given the Spaniards of his munificence. He then hung round Montezuma's neck A sparkling chain of colored crystal, accompanying this with a movement as if to embrace him, when he was restrained by the two Aztec lords, shocked at the menaced profanation of the sacred person of their master.
Page 298 - ... and in his dress and demeanor exhibiting all the show of sorrow." " You have acted rashly," said De Soto to him, bluntly ; " Atahuallpa has been basely slandered.
Page 279 - Tell your captain that I am keeping a fast, which will end tomorrow morning. I will then visit him, with my chieftains. In the mean time, let him occupy the public buildings on the square, and no other, till I come, when I will order what shall be done.
Page 287 - I will be no man's tributary! I am greater than any prince upon earth. Your Emperor may be a great prince ; I do not doubt it when I see that he has sent his subjects so far across the waters; and I am willing to hold him as a brother. As for the Pope of whom you speak, he must be crazy to talk of giving away countries which do not belong to him. For my faith," he continued, "I will not change it.
Page 292 - This space was to be filled with gold; but it was understood that the gold was not to be melted down into ingots, but to retain the original form of the articles into which it was manufactured, that the Inca might have the benefit of the space which they occupied. He further agreed to fill an adjoining room of smaller dimensions twice full with silver, in like manner; and he demanded two months to accomplish all this.
Page 163 - Both the cloak and sandals were sprinkled with pearls and precious stones, among which the emerald and the chalchivitl — a green stone of higher estimation than any other among the Aztecs — were conspicuous. On his head he wore no other ornament than a panache of plumes of the royal green, which floated down his back, the badge of military, rather than of regal, .rank.