Narratives of Adventure and Early DiscoveryJames Hogg, 1848 - 212 Seiten |
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Seite 64 - ... the splendid empires which were to spread over the beautiful world he had discovered ; and the nations, and tongues, and languages which were to fill its lands with his renown, and to revere and bless his name to the latest posterity !
Seite 81 - ... their ancestors. In their faltering step, and meek and melancholy aspect, we read the sad characters of the conquered race. The cause of humanity, indeed, has gained. They live under a better system of laws, a more assured tranquillity, a purer faith. But all does not avail. Their civilization was of the hardy character which belongs to the wilderness. The fierce virtues of the Aztec were all his own. They refused to submit to European culture, — to be engrafted on a foreign stock.
Seite 76 - The lips and bosom of the infant were sprinkled with water, and "the Lord was implored to permit the holy drops to wash away the sin that was given to it before the foundation of the world; so that the child might be born anew".
Seite 14 - I undertake the enterprise for my own crown of Castile, and will pledge my jewels to raise the necessary funds.
Seite 50 - To the ship, your Excellency, to embark," replied the other. " To embark !" repeated the admiral, earnestly ; "Villejo f do you speak the truth ?" " By the life of your Excellency...
Seite 81 - The American Indian has something peculiarly sensitive in his nature. He shrinks instinctively from the rude touch of a foreign hand. Even when this foreign influence comes in the form of civilization, he seems to sink and pine away beneath it. It has been so with the Mexicans. Under the Spanish domination, their numbers have silently melted away. Their energies are broken. They no longer tread their mountain plains with the conscious independence of their ancestors. In their faltering step, and...
Seite 64 - ... the afflictions of age, and the cares of penury, the neglect of a fickle public, and the injustice of an ungrateful king, could he have anticipated the splendid empires which...
Seite 51 - 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...
Seite 87 - There is still one vessel left; let them take that and return to Cuba. They can tell there how they deserted their commander and their comrades, and patiently...
Seite 9 - Because he was a stranger, and went but in simple apparel, nor otherwise credited than by the letter of a...