The Life of Hernando Cortes, Volume 1G. Bell, 1896 |
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... seems to have been so much struck by the evidence of Mexican civilization , that he gave his mind chiefly to recording it , and hardly cared to chronicle the remarkable DEDICATION . ix adventures of himself and his fellow -
... seems to have been so much struck by the evidence of Mexican civilization , that he gave his mind chiefly to recording it , and hardly cared to chronicle the remarkable DEDICATION . ix adventures of himself and his fellow -
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... seem to have belonged exclusively to any nation . We look upon them as fellow countrymen to all of us of the Old World . They mainly aided in developing a new era in Europe , and they appeared like demi - gods upon the scene , to close ...
... seem to have belonged exclusively to any nation . We look upon them as fellow countrymen to all of us of the Old World . They mainly aided in developing a new era in Europe , and they appeared like demi - gods upon the scene , to close ...
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... of the biography . It seems to me that he should rather wait to illustrate that character by events . There are , however , two main points in the character of Cortes , which I CHARACTER OF CORTES . These are , his As a.
... of the biography . It seems to me that he should rather wait to illustrate that character by events . There are , however , two main points in the character of Cortes , which I CHARACTER OF CORTES . These are , his As a.
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... seems to my mind entirely im- probable . In fact , such a story is nearly certain to be the mythical form in which the transaction would come to be related , the fact merely being , that Cortes made immense and perhaps secret " Y ...
... seems to my mind entirely im- probable . In fact , such a story is nearly certain to be the mythical form in which the transaction would come to be related , the fact merely being , that Cortes made immense and perhaps secret " Y ...
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... ( which oc- " En todo ponia gran diligencia . ” — BERNAL DIAZ . + Cortes does not seem to have communicated that it was part of his instructions to look for these men . Panuco GULF VOYAGE OF CORTES OF Villa Rica de la.
... ( which oc- " En todo ponia gran diligencia . ” — BERNAL DIAZ . + Cortes does not seem to have communicated that it was part of his instructions to look for these men . Panuco GULF VOYAGE OF CORTES OF Villa Rica de la.
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