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Selections from "Ferdinand and Isbella," "The Conquest of Mexico" and "The ... - Page 179
by William Hickling Prescott - 1902 - 205 pages
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 2

Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...into the hearts of the wretched natives, who now, for the first time, saw the horse and his rider in all their terrors. They made no resistance, as, indeed,...closed, for the entrance to the square was choked up wiA the dead bodies of men who had perished in vain efforts to fly; and each was the agony of the survivors...
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The Dublin review, Volume 23

1847 - 560 pages
...into the hearts of the wretched natives, who now for the first time saw the horse and his rider in all their terrors. They made no resistance, as indeed...escape was closed, for the entrance to the square was closed up with the dead bodies of men who had perished in vain efforts to fly ; and such was the agony...
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History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the ..., Volume 1

William Hickling Prescott - 1847 - 714 pages
...into the hearts of the wretched natives, who now, for the first time, saw the horse and bis rider in all their terrors. They made no resistance,— as,...indeed, they had no weapons with which to make it. F,very avenue to escape was closed, for the entrance to the square was choked up with the dead bodies...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 12

1847 - 610 pages
...for the first time, saw the horse and his rider in all their terrors. They made no tesistance, — as, indeed, they had no weapons with which to make it. Every avenue to escape was cloeed, for the entrance to the square was choked up with the dead bodies of men who had perished in...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 1

Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...into the hearts of the wretched natives, who now, for the first time, saw the horse and his rider in all their terrors. They made no resistance, as, indeed, they had no weapons witi which to mnkc it. Every avenue to escape was closed, for the entrance to ttf square was choked...
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History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the ..., Volume 1

William Hickling Prescott - 1858 - 594 pages
...closed, for the entrance to the square was choked up with the dead bodies of men who had perished n vain efforts to fly ; and, such was the agony of the survivors under the terrible pressure of their Hssailants, that a large body of Indians, by tifeir convulsive struggles, burst through the wall cf...
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Ferdinand de Soto: The Discoverer of the Mississippi

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1873 - 364 pages
...into the hearts of the wretched natives, who now, for the first time, saw the horse and his rider in all their terrors. They made no resistance, as indeed they had no weapons with which to resist. " Every avenue to escape was closed, for the entrance to the square was choked up witn the...
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History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the ..., Volume 1

William Hickling Prescott - 1874 - 560 pages
...into the hearts of the wretched natives, who now for the first time saw the horse and his rider in all their terrors. They made no resistance, — as,...the square was choked up with the dead bodies of men the author of the Relacion del primer Descubrimiento, both eyewitnesses, and Naharro, Zarate, Gomara,...
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The Champions of the Church: Their Crimes and Persecutions

De Robigne Mortimer Bennett - 1878 - 1146 pages
...into the hearts of the wretched native?. who now, for the first time, saw the horse and his rider hi all their terrors. They made no resistance — as,...with the dead bodies of men who had perished in vain effort* t»> fly; and, such was the agony of the survivors under the terrible pressure of their assailants,...
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The beginners' drill-book of English grammar

James Burton (schoolmaster.) - 1878 - 124 pages
...their branches. Doubtless there is a place of peace where my weak heart and all its throbs will cease. The entrance to the square was choked up with the...bodies of men who had perished in vain efforts to fly. He solicited the pardon of all whom he might have injured. Yon sun, that sets upon the sea, we follow...
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