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... say , after a series of almost incredible sufferings and disasters , they at length arrived in a battered and emaciated condition at Darien . Throughout all their toils and troubles , however , they had managed to preserve a part of the ...
... say , after a series of almost incredible sufferings and disasters , they at length arrived in a battered and emaciated condition at Darien . Throughout all their toils and troubles , however , they had managed to preserve a part of the ...
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... says the Bishop Las Casas , that the people feared to be burned in their houses . They kept a watchful eye upon the mountains , the plains , and the very branches of the trees . Their imaginations were infected by their fears . If they ...
... says the Bishop Las Casas , that the people feared to be burned in their houses . They kept a watchful eye upon the mountains , the plains , and the very branches of the trees . Their imaginations were infected by their fears . If they ...
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... says the chroniclers , arrived the hypocritical letter of Pedrarias , in- viting him to an interview at Acla ! The dis- creet reader will decide for himself what credit to give to this anecdote , or rather , what allow- ance to make for ...
... says the chroniclers , arrived the hypocritical letter of Pedrarias , in- viting him to an interview at Acla ! The dis- creet reader will decide for himself what credit to give to this anecdote , or rather , what allow- ance to make for ...
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... says he , " like Pliny , in the discharge of his duties , travelling about the world to explore the secrets of nature . " Ac- cording to his account , the prediction of Micer Codro held good with respect to Valenzuela , as it had in the ...
... says he , " like Pliny , in the discharge of his duties , travelling about the world to explore the secrets of nature . " Ac- cording to his account , the prediction of Micer Codro held good with respect to Valenzuela , as it had in the ...
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... say which have searched the same , in the which is a con- tinual spring of running water , of such marvellous virtue , that the water thereof being drunk , perhaps with some diet , maketh olde men young again . And here I must make ...
... say which have searched the same , in the which is a con- tinual spring of running water , of such marvellous virtue , that the water thereof being drunk , perhaps with some diet , maketh olde men young again . And here I must make ...
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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...