History of the Conquest of Mexico: Second reconnoitering expedition

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Página 324 - Plurimum audaciae ad pericula capessenda, plurimum consilii inter ipsa pericula erat. Nullo labore aut corpus fatigari aut animus vinci poterat. Caloris ac frigoris patientia par ; cibi potionisque desiderio 10 natural!, non voluptate modus finitus ; vigiliarum somnique nee die nee nocte discriminata tempora; id quod gerendis rebus superesset quieti datum...
Página 324 - ... inter custodias stationesque militum conspexerunt. Vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens: arma atque equi conspiciebantur. Equitum peditumque idem longe primus erat; princeps in proelium ibat, ultimus conserto proelio excedebat. Has tantas viri virtutes ingentia vitia aequabant, inhumana crudelitas, perfidia plus quam Punica, nihil veri, nihil sancti, nullus deum metus, nullum ius iurandum, nulla religio.
Página 148 - ... del un lado y del otro; por manera que no fuésemos un paso adelante sin lo dejar todo asolado, y lo que era agua hacerlo tierra firme, aunque hobiese toda la dilación que se pudiese seguir.
Página 276 - What he suffered from famine, from the hostility of the natives, from the climate, and from hardships of every species, has nothing in history parallel to it, but what occurs in the adventures of the other discoverers and conquerors of the New World. Cortes was employed in this dreadful service above two years ; and though it was not distinguished by any splendid event, he exhibited, during the course of it, greater personal courage, more fortitude of mind, more perseverance and patience, than in...
Página 383 - My beloved daughter, very dear little dove, you have already heard and attended to the words which your father has told you. They are precious words, and such as are rarely spoken or listened to, and which have proceeded from the bowels and heart in which they were treasured up; and your beloved father well knows that you are his daughter, begotten of him, are his blood, and his flesh ; and God our Lord knows that it is so. Although you are a woman, and are the image of your father, what more can...
Página 321 - I may so express myself, seemed to prefer to take his enterprises by the most diff1cult side. He conceived, at the first moment of his landing in Mexico, the design of its conquest. When he saw the strength of its civilization, he was not turned from his purpose. When he was assailed by the superior force of Narvaez, he still persisted in it ; and when he was driven in ruin from the capital, he still cherished his original idea. How successfully he carried it into execution, we have seen.
Página 255 - ... sino en canoas, y con pasarla yo en tiempo de seca, desde la entrada hasta la salida de ella, que puede haber veinte leguas, se hicieron...
Página 384 - I love you much, that you are my dear daughter. Remember that nine months I bore you in my womb, that you were born and brought up in my arms. I placed you in your cradle, and in my lap, and with my milk I nursed you. This I tell you, in order that you may know that I and your iather are the source of your being ; it is we who now instruct you.
Página 372 - 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 437 - ... 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...