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... In consequence of the eloquent representations made to the Spanish government by the venerable Las Casas , of the cruel wrongs and oppressions prac- letter fell into the hands of Pedrarias , and con- The Companions of Columbus . 29.
... In consequence of the eloquent representations made to the Spanish government by the venerable Las Casas , of the cruel wrongs and oppressions prac- letter fell into the hands of Pedrarias , and con- The Companions of Columbus . 29.
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Washington Irving. letter fell into the hands of Pedrarias , and con- vinced him of the existence of a dangerous plot against his authority . He immediately ordered Arguello to be arrested ; and now devised means to get Vasco Nuñez ...
Washington Irving. letter fell into the hands of Pedrarias , and con- vinced him of the existence of a dangerous plot against his authority . He immediately ordered Arguello to be arrested ; and now devised means to get Vasco Nuñez ...
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... hands ? Had I meditated rebellion , what prevented me from carrying it into effect ? I had four ships ready to weigh anchor , three hundred brave men at my com- mand , and an open sea before me . What had I to do but to spread sail and ...
... hands ? Had I meditated rebellion , what prevented me from carrying it into effect ? I had four ships ready to weigh anchor , three hundred brave men at my com- mand , and an open sea before me . What had I to do but to spread sail and ...
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... hands of his most invidious foe , the very enterprise that was to have crowned him with glory wrested into a crime , and himself hurried to a bloody and ignominious grave at the foot , as it were , of the mountain whence he had made his ...
... hands of his most invidious foe , the very enterprise that was to have crowned him with glory wrested into a crime , and himself hurried to a bloody and ignominious grave at the foot , as it were , of the mountain whence he had made his ...
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... hands . The wretched Valdivia and his fellow victims , therefore , were sacrificed in the bloody temple of the idol , and their limbs were after- wards served up at a grand feast held by the cacique and his subjects . The horror of the ...
... hands . The wretched Valdivia and his fellow victims , therefore , were sacrificed in the bloody temple of the idol , and their limbs were after- wards served up at a grand feast held by the cacique and his subjects . The horror of the ...
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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...