The Life of Hernando Cortes, Volume 1G. Bell, 1896 |
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... soldier , Bernal Diaz , whom neither Cortes , nor any one else in the army , suspected of being the principal historian of their great deeds ; and the third is an account written by the man who is called " The Anonymous Con- queror ...
... soldier , Bernal Diaz , whom neither Cortes , nor any one else in the army , suspected of being the principal historian of their great deeds ; and the third is an account written by the man who is called " The Anonymous Con- queror ...
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... soldier . He was cruel at times in conduct , but not in disposition ; he was sincerely religious , profoundly dissembling , courteous , liberal , amorous , decisive . There was a certain grandeur in all his proceedings . He was very ...
... soldier . He was cruel at times in conduct , but not in disposition ; he was sincerely religious , profoundly dissembling , courteous , liberal , amorous , decisive . There was a certain grandeur in all his proceedings . He was very ...
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... soldier - like qualities and his cruelty . commander , the only fault to be imputed to him , was his recklessness in exposing himself to the dangers of personal conflict with the enemy . But then , that is an error to be commonly ...
... soldier - like qualities and his cruelty . commander , the only fault to be imputed to him , was his recklessness in exposing himself to the dangers of personal conflict with the enemy . But then , that is an error to be commonly ...
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... soldiers , consented . One of these men was Bernal Diaz Bernal Diaz . De Cordo- del Castillo , a simple soldier , who has , however , written a narrative of the most undoubted autho- rity . This man tells us that he and his compa ...
... soldiers , consented . One of these men was Bernal Diaz Bernal Diaz . De Cordo- del Castillo , a simple soldier , who has , however , written a narrative of the most undoubted autho- rity . This man tells us that he and his compa ...
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... soldier . For adventurous young men , at soldier's that time , two careers were open : to serve under the generous and splendid Gonsalvo de Córdova , in Italy , or to seek for renown and riches in the New World . upon a life . accompany ...
... soldier . For adventurous young men , at soldier's that time , two careers were open : to serve under the generous and splendid Gonsalvo de Córdova , in Italy , or to seek for renown and riches in the New World . upon a life . accompany ...
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