The Port FolioEditor and Asbury Dickens, 1817 |
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Pagina 192
... Diaz thus describes his meeting with Cortez : " Cacamatzin follow- ed , ( the four Mexican courtiers who had announced his approach ) in the greatest pomp , carried in a magnificent litter , adorned with green plumes , and enriched with ...
... Diaz thus describes his meeting with Cortez : " Cacamatzin follow- ed , ( the four Mexican courtiers who had announced his approach ) in the greatest pomp , carried in a magnificent litter , adorned with green plumes , and enriched with ...
Pagina 193
... Diaz , in his naïve manner , thus describes that city : " When we beheld the number of populous towns on the water , and firm ground , and that broad causeway ( the causeway of Iztalapapa ) running straight and level to the city ...
... Diaz , in his naïve manner , thus describes that city : " When we beheld the number of populous towns on the water , and firm ground , and that broad causeway ( the causeway of Iztalapapa ) running straight and level to the city ...
Pagina 194
... Diaz , Herrera , and Jolis , relate , that the emperor of Mexico , and the great lords , had gardens , in which they cultivated medicinal herbs for pub- lic use , and that they were very vain of that prodigious quantity of plants ...
... Diaz , Herrera , and Jolis , relate , that the emperor of Mexico , and the great lords , had gardens , in which they cultivated medicinal herbs for pub- lic use , and that they were very vain of that prodigious quantity of plants ...
Pagina 195
... Diaz thus describes the approach of Montezuma on this occasion : “ When we arrived at a place where a small causeway turns off , which goes to the city of Cuyoacan , we were met by a great number of the lords of the court ; in their ...
... Diaz thus describes the approach of Montezuma on this occasion : “ When we arrived at a place where a small causeway turns off , which goes to the city of Cuyoacan , we were met by a great number of the lords of the court ; in their ...
Pagina 196
... Diaz a tradition or predic- tion , that they would be subdued by men from the east . " They said that their ancestors had told them , that in former times the country was in- habited by men and women of great stature and wicked manners ...
... Diaz a tradition or predic- tion , that they would be subdued by men from the east . " They said that their ancestors had told them , that in former times the country was in- habited by men and women of great stature and wicked manners ...
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