Mexico and Her People of To-day: An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Mexicans, and the Development and Resources of Their CountryL.C. Page, 1907 - 405 Seiten |
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Seite 169 - I have said, and I say it ever, As the years go on and the world goes over, 'Twere better to be content and clever In tending of cattle and tossing of clover, In the grazing of cattle and the growing of grain, Than a strong man striving for fame or gain...
Seite 200 - ... and wooden vessels highly painted. Numbers of women • sold fish, and little loaves made of a certain mud which they find in the lake, and which resembles cheese. The makers of...
Seite 6 - Steal not, nor give thyself up to gaming ; otherwise thou wilt be a disgrace to thy parents, whom thou ought rather to honour for the education they have given thee. If thou wilt be virtuous, thy example will put the wicked to shame.
Seite 299 - Ah, have they grown Forgetful of their own ? Are they asleep, or dead, That open to the sky Their ruined Missions lie, No longer tenanted ? * Oh, bring us back once more The vanished days of yore, When the world with faith was filled ; Bring back the fervid zeal, The hearts of fire and steel, The hands that believe and build.
Seite 332 - IT was a premeditated and predetermined affair, the war of the United States on Mexico; it was the result of a deliberately calculated scheme of robbery on the part of the superior power.
Seite 289 - Mexico) of masses and indulgences for the benefit of the souls of the dead for the power of taxation possessed by any government.
Seite 116 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Seite 236 - A few of the books departed from a strictly religious character, but all of them drew deep religious truths from every event. One of the early books was an account of a great earthquake in the City of Guatemala which, as the title page suggests, should be an example that ' ' we amend our sins and be prepared whenever God shall be pleased to call us." Nearly all of these early books were written by Spanish priests and members of the religious orders. The first music of the new world was printed here...