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... court , that not only all the people , but also many of them whom wisdom or fortune hath divided from the common sort , think it to be true ; but , if you will ask my opinion herein , I will answer , that I will not attri- bute so great ...
... court , that not only all the people , but also many of them whom wisdom or fortune hath divided from the common sort , think it to be true ; but , if you will ask my opinion herein , I will answer , that I will not attri- bute so great ...
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... court , on account of his visionary voyage , though many wise men had been as credulous as him- self at the outset . The King , however , received him with great favor , and conferred upon him the title of Adelantado of Bimini and ...
... court , on account of his visionary voyage , though many wise men had been as credulous as him- self at the outset . The King , however , received him with great favor , and conferred upon him the title of Adelantado of Bimini and ...
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... court which threw a degree of lustre over the half savage island . The young ladies were soon married to the wealthiest colonists , and contributed greatly to soften those rude manners which had grown up in a state of society hitherto ...
... court which threw a degree of lustre over the half savage island . The young ladies were soon married to the wealthiest colonists , and contributed greatly to soften those rude manners which had grown up in a state of society hitherto ...
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... court at San Domingo , called the royal audience , to which an appeal might be made from all sentences of the Ad- miral , even in cases reserved hitherto exclusively for the Crown . Don Diego considered this a suspicious and injurious ...
... court at San Domingo , called the royal audience , to which an appeal might be made from all sentences of the Ad- miral , even in cases reserved hitherto exclusively for the Crown . Don Diego considered this a suspicious and injurious ...
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... court interested in maintaining them . He perceived that the attempt to abolish them would be dangerous , and the result questionable : at the same time this abuse was a source of immense profit to himself . Self - interest , therefore ...
... court interested in maintaining them . He perceived that the attempt to abolish them would be dangerous , and the result questionable : at the same time this abuse was a source of immense profit to himself . Self - interest , therefore ...
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Página 73 - ... same marvellous and inestimable qualities. Juan Ponce de Leon listened to these tales with fond credulity. He was advancing in life, and the ordinary term of existence seemed insufficient for his mighty plans. Could he but plunge into this marvellous fountain or gifted river, and come out with his battered, war-worn body restored to the strength and freshness and suppleness of youth, and his head still retaining the wisdom and knowledge of age, what enterprises might he not accomplish in the...
Página 74 - ... men young again. And here I must make protestation to your holiness not to think this to be said lightly or rashly, for they have so spread this rumor for a truth throughout all the court, that not only all the...
Página 352 - IN the name of the Most Holy Trinity, who inspired me with the idea, and afterwards made it perfectly clear to me, that I could navigate and go to the Indies from Spain, by traversing the ocean westwardly...