 | William Bullock - 1824 - 586 páginas
...there they spare no silver, nor gold, nor pretious stones, nor cloath of gold, nor the best silkes of China to enrich them. And to the gallantry of their horses, the pride of some adde the cost of bridles and shooes of silver : — the streets of Christendome must not compare with... | |
 | Robert Anderson Wilson - 1856 - 436 páginas
...and the understanding. They all alike despised superstition and abhorred despotism. In conclusion, I may add, that, had such a race of men as I saw in...Christendom must not compare with those in breadth and cleanneas, but especially in the riches of the shops which do adorn them. Above all, the goldsmith's... | |
 | Lesley Byrd Simpson - 1966 - 420 páginas
...stones, nor cloth of gold, nor the best silks of China to enrich them. And to the gallantry of the horses the pride of some doth add the cost of bridles and shoes of silver. . . . "Both men and women are excessive in their apparel, using more silks than stuffs and cloth. Precious... | |
 | Herbert Eugene Bolton - 1974 - 360 páginas
...cost the best of the Court of Madrid and other parts of Christendom, for they spare no Silver, nor Gold, nor the best silks from China to enrich them....doth add the cost of bridles and shoes of silver." He adds, "It was a most credible report that in Mexico in my time there were above fifteen thousand... | |
 | Thomas Gage - 2005 - 480 páginas
...gentry, which do exceed in cost the best of the Court of Madrid and other parts of Christendom; for there they spare no silver, nor gold, nor precious stones,...pride of some doth add the cost of bridles and shoes or silver. The streets of Christendom must not compare with those in breadth and cleanness, but especially... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1825 - 510 páginas
...there they spare no silver nor gold, uor pretious stones, nor cloath of gold, nor the best silks of China, to enrich them. And to the gallantry of their horses, the pride of some adde the cost of bridles and shooes of silver. The streets of Christendome must not compare with those... | |
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Mexico four things are fair; that is to say, the women, the apparel, the horses, and the streets. But to this I may add the beauty of some of the coaches of the gentry, which do exceed in cost the best of the Court of Madrid and other parts of Christendom,... 