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... Montezuma , the Mexican Emperor , received the strangers with venera- tion , swore fealty to Spain , placed himself in the custody of Cortez , and assigned a temple as a Christian place of worship . This last concession was too much for ...
... Montezuma , the Mexican Emperor , received the strangers with venera- tion , swore fealty to Spain , placed himself in the custody of Cortez , and assigned a temple as a Christian place of worship . This last concession was too much for ...
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... Montezuma in vain attempted to allay the storm ; and mortified at his loss of authority , the Emperor expired , while the streets were throng- ed with countless multitudes , who for successive days besieged the palace where the ...
... Montezuma in vain attempted to allay the storm ; and mortified at his loss of authority , the Emperor expired , while the streets were throng- ed with countless multitudes , who for successive days besieged the palace where the ...
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... Montezuma , the king of the country , who was likewise to be informed that the white men who had ar- rived on his coast desired to be allowed to come and see him in his capital . Here we pause to present a short account of the Mexican ...
... Montezuma , the king of the country , who was likewise to be informed that the white men who had ar- rived on his coast desired to be allowed to come and see him in his capital . Here we pause to present a short account of the Mexican ...
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... Montezuma . The origin of the Mexicans is a question of great obscurity — a part of the more extensive question of the manner in which America was peopled . According to Mr. Prescott , the latest and one of the best authorities on the ...
... Montezuma . The origin of the Mexicans is a question of great obscurity — a part of the more extensive question of the manner in which America was peopled . According to Mr. Prescott , the latest and one of the best authorities on the ...
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... Montezuma ( sor- rowful man ) -implied , for a certain gravity and sad severity of manner . The first years of Montezuma's reign were spent in war . Carrying his victorious arms as far as Nicaragua and Honduras in the south , and to the ...
... Montezuma ( sor- rowful man ) -implied , for a certain gravity and sad severity of manner . The first years of Montezuma's reign were spent in war . Carrying his victorious arms as far as Nicaragua and Honduras in the south , and to the ...
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