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... appears that one of the first objects of the expedition was to have been the search after Grijalva , † but that captain returned to Cuba before Cortes sailed . It will here be desirable to give a brief account of the previous life of ...
... appears that one of the first objects of the expedition was to have been the search after Grijalva , † but that captain returned to Cuba before Cortes sailed . It will here be desirable to give a brief account of the previous life of ...
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... appears probable , weary of the life of a poor student , Cortes re- turned , without leave , to his parents at Medellin . He neither found , nor made , a happy home for himself ; † and he determined to seek his fortune Resolves as a ...
... appears probable , weary of the life of a poor student , Cortes re- turned , without leave , to his parents at Medellin . He neither found , nor made , a happy home for himself ; † and he determined to seek his fortune Resolves as a ...
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... appear any motive that Cortes could have for deceiving his chaplain . + " Que era el Estremeño , mañoso , altivo , amador de honras , í Hombre que se vengaria en aquello de lo pasado . " - GOMARA , Crónica de la Nueva - España , cap . 7 ...
... appear any motive that Cortes could have for deceiving his chaplain . + " Que era el Estremeño , mañoso , altivo , amador de honras , í Hombre que se vengaria en aquello de lo pasado . " - GOMARA , Crónica de la Nueva - España , cap . 7 ...
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... appears that the Ta- bascans had some notion of an ambuscade ; but all their military skill and prowess were of little avail against the horses and the cannon of the Spaniards . Many of the Spaniards were wounded in this encounter , and ...
... appears that the Ta- bascans had some notion of an ambuscade ; but all their military skill and prowess were of little avail against the horses and the cannon of the Spaniards . Many of the Spaniards were wounded in this encounter , and ...
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... appear to have been so construed by Cortes . It is one of the chief merits of a popular literature , whatever its kind , that it affords the means of so much being conveyed , when so little is said . Montesinos , in the Spanish romance ...
... appear to have been so construed by Cortes . It is one of the chief merits of a popular literature , whatever its kind , that it affords the means of so much being conveyed , when so little is said . Montesinos , in the Spanish romance ...
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