| Sir Arthur Helps - 1856 - 480 páginas
...beautiful frescoes, f The next day Cortez entered Mexico. Who shall describe Mexico — the Mexico of that age ? It ought to be one who had seen all the...hundred-gated Thebes, of Babylon, and of Nineveh. * " Mas como yban sobre aviso, y el general era tan ape^ebido que siempre se hallaba adelante de BUS... | |
| Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - 516 páginas
...itself to the European eye before the Toyage of Columbus. " Who shall describe Mexico, the Mexico of that age ? It ought to be one who had seen all the...who had studied all that remains to be seen of the hundred gates of Thebes, of Babylon, and of Nineveh. " The especial attributes of the most beautiful... | |
| 1856 - 560 páginas
...the European eye before the voyage of Columbus. " Who shall describe Mexico, the Mexico of that age 1 It ought to be one who had seen all the wonders of...who had studied all that remains to be seen of the hundred gates of Thebes, of Babylon, and of Nineveh. " The especial attributes of the most beautiful... | |
| Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - 520 páginas
...eye before the voyage of Columbus. "Who shall describe Mexico, the Mexico of that age? It ought to he one who had seen all the wonders of the world ; and...looked down upon Granada from the Alhambra, and who bad studied all that remains to be seen of the hundred gates of Thebes, of Babylon, and of Nineveh.... | |
| William Dalton - 1862 - 556 páginas
...Helps tells us, " one ought to have seen all the wonders of the world, and should have for an andience those who had dwelt in Venice and Constantinople,...looked down upon Granada from the Alhambra, and who had stndied all that remains to be seen of the hundred-gated Thebes, of Babylon, and of Nineveh." And he... | |
| Sir Arthur Helps - 1871 - 304 páginas
...day Cortes entered Mexico. Cortes enters Mexico. Who shall describe Mexico — the Mexico of 1519. that age ? It ought to be one who had seen all the...Alhambra, and who had studied all that remains to be seen, or known, of the hundred-gated Thebes, of Babylon, and of Nineveh. The especial attributes of the,... | |
| William Dalton - 1872 - 636 páginas
...of Cortes' time," Arthur Helps tells us, " one ought to have seen all the -wonders of the world, and should have for an audience those who had dwelt in...hundred-gated Thebes, of Babylon, and of Nineveh." And he is right, for it partook of all. Like Granada, it was surrounded by mountains. Like Venice,... | |
| Famous historical scenes - 1875 - 648 páginas
...CORTES IN MEXICO. (Sir A. Helps' Life of Cortes.) 1519. WHO shall describe Mexico — the Mexico of that age ? It ought to be one who had seen all the...Alhambra, and who had studied all that remains to be seen or known of the hundred-gated Thebes of Babylon and of Nineveh. The especial attributes of the most... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1884 - 280 páginas
...Iztapalapan Cortes was gorgeously entertained by Cuitlahua, the emperor's brother, who had invited some have for an audience those who had dwelt in Venice...Alhambra, and who had studied all that remains to be seen or known of the hundred-gated Thebes, of Babylon, and Nineveh. The especial attributes of the most... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1884 - 276 páginas
...Bernal Diaz,* " when we saw so many cities and towns * " Who shall describe Mexico— the Mexico of that age ? It ought to be one who had seen all the wonders of the world ; and he should rising up from the water, and other populous places situated on the terra firma, and that causeway,... | |
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