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... I went over , It is as best I could , when residing at Madrid . a bold thing to say , but I am certain , that , only from the papers in the lawsuits there recorded , a viii DEDICATION . life of Cortes might be written which.
... I went over , It is as best I could , when residing at Madrid . a bold thing to say , but I am certain , that , only from the papers in the lawsuits there recorded , a viii DEDICATION . life of Cortes might be written which.
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... say , in conclusion , that I should not have presumed to dedicate to so in- defatigable a student as yourself , this book of mine , if it had cost me no new researches , and if it did not contain my last and most carefully- weighed ...
... say , in conclusion , that I should not have presumed to dedicate to so in- defatigable a student as yourself , this book of mine , if it had cost me no new researches , and if it did not contain my last and most carefully- weighed ...
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... say , that whatever the thing called " fame " may be worth , they must inevitably be blessed or cursed with the possession of it . Their fame , too , must ever be more large and more lasting than the fame of any other discoverers and ...
... say , that whatever the thing called " fame " may be worth , they must inevitably be blessed or cursed with the possession of it . Their fame , too , must ever be more large and more lasting than the fame of any other discoverers and ...
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... says of him , " He would visit the hut of every soldier , see that his weapons were ready at hand , and that he had his shoes on . Those whom he found had neglected anything in this way he severely reprimanded , and compared them to ...
... says of him , " He would visit the hut of every soldier , see that his weapons were ready at hand , and that he had his shoes on . Those whom he found had neglected anything in this way he severely reprimanded , and compared them to ...
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... the result of what took place in the course of these expeditions , we may say that they were so far successful that they made the Spaniards acquainted with the existence of new Panuco JUAN DE GRIJALVA . 137 15 lands on the.
... the result of what took place in the course of these expeditions , we may say that they were so far successful that they made the Spaniards acquainted with the existence of new Panuco JUAN DE GRIJALVA . 137 15 lands on the.
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