The History of North and South America: From Its Discovery to the Death of General Washington, Объемы 1-2Jacob Johnson, 1806 |
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... assistance from La Nigna , enabled the crew to save their lives . The natives as soon as they heard of this disaster , crowded to the shore with Guacanahari at their head , and lamented their misfortune with tears of sincere condolence ...
... assistance from La Nigna , enabled the crew to save their lives . The natives as soon as they heard of this disaster , crowded to the shore with Guacanahari at their head , and lamented their misfortune with tears of sincere condolence ...
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... assistance of Fonseca , minister for In- dian affairs , who was now promoted to be bishop of Bada- jos , they threw in so many obstacles , that the preparations were retarded one whole year , before he could procure two ships to send ...
... assistance of Fonseca , minister for In- dian affairs , who was now promoted to be bishop of Bada- jos , they threw in so many obstacles , that the preparations were retarded one whole year , before he could procure two ships to send ...
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... assistance from men , whom they lately had revered : he told them the Spaniards were servants of the great Spirit , who dwells in heaven , who made and governed the world ; that he was offend- ed at their refusing to support men who ...
... assistance from men , whom they lately had revered : he told them the Spaniards were servants of the great Spirit , who dwells in heaven , who made and governed the world ; that he was offend- ed at their refusing to support men who ...
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... assistance if he stood in need , in order to continue his voyage . Cortes , struck with the appearance of those people , as well as the tenor of their message , assur- ed them in respectful terms , that he approached their country with ...
... assistance if he stood in need , in order to continue his voyage . Cortes , struck with the appearance of those people , as well as the tenor of their message , assur- ed them in respectful terms , that he approached their country with ...
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... assistance ; and this petty station , the parent of so many great settlements , was soon in a state of de- fence . While they were engaged in this necessary work , Cortes had several interviews with the caziques of Zempoalla and ...
... assistance ; and this petty station , the parent of so many great settlements , was soon in a state of de- fence . While they were engaged in this necessary work , Cortes had several interviews with the caziques of Zempoalla and ...
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Стр. 165 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
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