History of the Conquest of Mexico: Second reconnoitering expedition

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Página 175 - ... delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter...
Página 175 - The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground...
Página 340 - Plurimum audaciae ad pericula capessenda, plurimum consilii inter ipsa pericula erat. Nullo labore aut corpus fatigari aut animus vinci poterat. Caloris ac frigolis patientia par; cibi potionisque desiderio naturali, non voluptate modus finitius; vigiliarum somnique nee die nee nocte discriminata tempora; id, quod gerendis rebus superesset; quieti datum...
Página 191 - Cortes came forward with a dignified and studied courtesy to receive him. The Aztec monarch probably knew the person of his conqueror, for he first broke silence by saying, "I have done all that I could to defend myself and my people. I am now reduced to this state. You will deal with me, Malinche, as you list.
Página 336 - He was avaricious, yet liberal ; bold to desperation, ye^t cautious and calculating in his plans ; magnanimous, yet very cunning ; courteous and affable in his deportment, yet inexorably stern ; lax in his notions of morality, yet (not uncommon) a sad bigot. The great feature in his character was constancy of purpose ; a constancy not to be daunted by danger, nor baffled by disappointment, nor wearied out by impediments and delays.
Página 186 - Cuauht6moc was ready to die where he was, but would hold no interview with the Spanish commander; adding, in a tone of resignation, "it is for you to work your pleasure." "Go, then," replied the stern Conqueror, "and prepare your countrymen for death. Their hour is come.
Página 392 - That its mysterious import will ever be deciphered is scarcely to be expected. The language of the race who employed it, the race itself, is unknown. And it is not likely that another Rosetta stone will be found, with its trilingual inscription, to supply the means of comparison, and to guide the American Champollion in the path of discovery.
Página 445 - Motecuma, y estandoles mandando y amonestando que no lo hiciesen, y que fuesen vasallos de SM y obedeciesen los mandamientos que yo en su real nombre le mandaba, le tiraron con muchas hondas, y le dieron con una piedra en la cabeza, que le hicieron...
Página 459 - ... ni bien ni mal; traer las armas a cuestas, poner la persona en peligro, gastar mi hacienda y edad; todo en servicio de Dios, trayendo...
Página 201 - Aztecs, a generous graft on a vicious stock, and could have brought no fruit to perfection. They ruled over their wide domains with a sword, instead of a sceptre. They did nothing to ameliorate the condition, or in any way promote the progress, of their vassals. Their vassals were serfs, used only to minister to their pleasure, held in awe by armed garrisons, ground to the dust by imposts in peace, by military conscriptions in war.

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