The works of William Robertson, D.D., with an account of his life and writings, Volume 7 |
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... attack their game openly , their arrow seldom errs from the mark ; if they endeavour to circumvent it by art , it is almost impossible to avoid their toils . Among several tribes , their young men were not permitted to marry , until ...
... attack their game openly , their arrow seldom errs from the mark ; if they endeavour to circumvent it by art , it is almost impossible to avoid their toils . Among several tribes , their young men were not permitted to marry , until ...
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... attacks , when they are engaged together in the toil and dangers of the chase , they then perceive that they are part of a political body . They are conscious of their own connexion with the companions in conjunction with whom they act ...
... attacks , when they are engaged together in the toil and dangers of the chase , they then perceive that they are part of a political body . They are conscious of their own connexion with the companions in conjunction with whom they act ...
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... - vate vengeance . In small communities , every man is touched with the injury or affront of- fered to the body of which he is a member , From the spirit of vengeance . Hence the as if it were a personal attack upon 26 AMERICA .
... - vate vengeance . In small communities , every man is touched with the injury or affront of- fered to the body of which he is a member , From the spirit of vengeance . Hence the as if it were a personal attack upon 26 AMERICA .
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William Robertson. Hence the as if it were a personal attack upon his own ho- nour or safety . The desire of revenge is communi- cated from breast to breast , and soon kindles into rage . As feeble societies can take the field only in ...
William Robertson. Hence the as if it were a personal attack upon his own ho- nour or safety . The desire of revenge is communi- cated from breast to breast , and soon kindles into rage . As feeble societies can take the field only in ...
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... attack , they collect their troops , and advance with greater cau- tion . Even in their hottest and most active wars , they proceed wholly by stratagem and ambuscade . They place not their glory in attacking their ene- mies with open ...
... attack , they collect their troops , and advance with greater cau- tion . Even in their hottest and most active wars , they proceed wholly by stratagem and ambuscade . They place not their glory in attacking their ene- mies with open ...
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accustomed acquired adventurers Almagro Alvarado America animals appeared arms army astonished Atahualpa attack authority beheld body brigantines carried caziques Charlev chief command conduct conquest considered Cortes Relat Cortes's countrymen courage court crown of Castile Cuzco danger Diaz discovered dominion dread emperor empire employed endeavoured enemy execution Fernandez force formed Gasca Gomara Cron Gomara Hist Gonzalo Pizarro governor Gran Chaco Guatimozin Gumilla Herrera honour hopes hundred idea Inca Indians inhabitants labour leader less Manco Capac ment merit Mexican empire Mexicans Mexico mind monarch Montezuma Narvaez natives natural niards Note object officers Panama persons Peru Peruvians Pizarro possession prisoner provinces Quito received rendered respect royal savage schemes seems seized soldiers soon sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit subsistence success suffer superior tion Tlascalans tribes troops unacquainted valour Vega Velasquez Vera Cruz viceroy victory violence voyage Zarate Zempoalla
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Page 125 - Advances sixteenth of August, with five hundred men, fifteen horse, and six field-pieces. The rest of his troops, consisting chiefly of such as from age or infirmity were less fit for active service, he left as a garrison in Villa Rica, under the command of Escalante, an officer of merit, and warmly attached to his interest. The cazique of Zempoalla supplied him with provisions, and with two hundred of those Indians called
Page 366 - E horses were objects of the greatest astonishment to all the people of New Spain. At first they imagined the horse and his rider, like the Centaurs of the ancients, to be some monstrous animal of a terrible form ; and supposing that their food was the same as that of men, brought flesh and bread to nourish them. Even after they discovered their mistake, they believed the horses devoured men in battle, and when they neighed, thought that they were demanding their prey.
Page 35 - Nothing sets bounds to their rage but the dread of abridging the duration of their vengeance by hastening the death of the sufferers ; and such is their cruel ingenuity in tormenting, that, by avoiding industriously to hurt any vital part, they often prolong this scene of anguish for several days. In spite of all...
Page 362 - ... bears all the marks of authenticity, and is accompanied with such a pleasant naivete, with such interesting details, with' such amusing vanity, and yet so pardonable in an old soldier who had been (as he boasts) in a hundred and nineteen battles, as renders his book one of the most singular that is to be found in any language.
Page 256 - Father Vincent Valverde, chaplain to the expedition, advanced with a crucifix in one hand, and a breviary in the other, and in a long discourse...
Page 137 - When they first beheld this prospect, one of the most striking and beautiful on the face of the earth ; when they observed fertile and cultivated fields, stretching farther than the eye could reach ; when they saw a lake resembling the sea in extent, encompassed with large towns, and discovered the capital city rising upon an island in the middle, adorned with its temples, and turrets ; the scene so far exceeded their imagination, that some...
Page 1 - In every enquiry concerning the operations of men when united together in society, the first object of attention should be their mode of subsistence. Accordingly as that varies, their laws and policy must be different.
Page 138 - When they drew near the city, about a thousand persons, who appeared to be of distinction, came forth to meet them, adorned with plumes, and clad in mantles of fine cotton. Each of these, in his order, passed by Cortes, and saluted him according to the mode deemed most respectful and submissive in their country.
Page 26 - As it is of the utmost consequence to prevent them from destroying or disturbing the game in their hunting grounds, they guard this national property with a jealous attention. But as their territories are extensive, and the boundaries of them not exactly ascertained, innumerable subjects of dispute arise, which seldom terminate without bloodshed.
Page 258 - Pizarro, who, during this long conference, had with difficulty restrained his soldiers, eager to seize the rich spoils of which they had now so near a view, immediately gave the signal of assault. At once the martial music struck up, the cannon and muskets began to fire, the horses sallied out fiercely to the charge ; the infantry rushed on, sword in hand.