The Manners, Customs and Antiquities of the Indians of North and South America, Volum 12Rand and Mann, 1844 - 336 pàgines |
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Pàgina 28
... carried with him five emeralds which the jewellers valued at 100,000 ducats ; the first was in the form of a rose . the second of a horn , the third of a little fish with eyes of gold , the fourth in the form of a bell , with a fine ...
... carried with him five emeralds which the jewellers valued at 100,000 ducats ; the first was in the form of a rose . the second of a horn , the third of a little fish with eyes of gold , the fourth in the form of a bell , with a fine ...
Pàgina 31
... carried off the body to feast upon it with his friends . Under the impression of ideas so dreary and terrible , and accustomed daily to scenes of blood- shed , rendered awful by religion , it would seem that the heart of man must be ...
... carried off the body to feast upon it with his friends . Under the impression of ideas so dreary and terrible , and accustomed daily to scenes of blood- shed , rendered awful by religion , it would seem that the heart of man must be ...
Pàgina 36
... carried before them in a seat called " the chair of God . " There was a temple consecrated to him , " the floor of which , " says Bernal Diaz , who was an eye - witness , flaked with blood and filled with a putrid stench . " The great ...
... carried before them in a seat called " the chair of God . " There was a temple consecrated to him , " the floor of which , " says Bernal Diaz , who was an eye - witness , flaked with blood and filled with a putrid stench . " The great ...
Pàgina 46
... carried 200 miles in a day . The profession of arms ranked with that of the priesthood . There were various military orders , and an inferior kind of knighthood . Questions of war were discussed in a council by the king and his chief ...
... carried 200 miles in a day . The profession of arms ranked with that of the priesthood . There were various military orders , and an inferior kind of knighthood . Questions of war were discussed in a council by the king and his chief ...
Pàgina 52
... carried on partly by barter , and partly by means of a regulated currency of different values . This consisted of quills of gold dust , bits of tin in the form of a T , and bags of cacao containing a certain number of grains . Trade was ...
... carried on partly by barter , and partly by means of a regulated currency of different values . This consisted of quills of gold dust , bits of tin in the form of a T , and bags of cacao containing a certain number of grains . Trade was ...
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The Manners, Customs, and Antiquities of the Indians of North and South America Samuel Griswold Goodrich Visualització completa - 1844 |
The Manners, Customs, and Antiquities of the Indians of North and ..., Volum 12 Samuel Griswold Goodrich Visualització completa - 1844 |
The Manners, Customs, and Antiquities of the Indians of North and South America Samuel Griswold Goodrich Visualització completa - 1855 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 263 - Within the paths of righteousness, ev'n for his own name's sake. *Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, yet will I fear none ill: For thou art with me; and thy rod and staff me comfort still.
Pàgina 99 - ... the face of a monument, and then to dig around and bring to light a fragment, a sculptured corner of which protruded from the earth. I leaned over with breathless anxiety while the Indians worked, and an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed; and when the machete rang against the chiselled stone, I pushed the Indians away, and cleared out the loose earth with my hands. The beauty of the sculpture, the solemn stillness of the woods, disturbed only by the scrambling of monkeys and the...
Pàgina 263 - My table Thou hast furnished In presence of my foes ; My head Thou dost with oil anoint, And my cup overflows. 5 Goodness and mercy all my life Shall surely follow me : And in God's house for evermore My dwelling-place shall be.
Pàgina 98 - It is impossible to describe the interest with which I explored these ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were no guide-books or guides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble upon next. At one time we stopped to cut away branches and vines which concealed the...
Pàgina 38 - The lips and bosom of the infant were sprinkled with water, and "the Lord was implored to permit the holy drops to wash away the sin that was given to it before the foundation of the world; so that the child might be born anew.
Pàgina 303 - ... back ; by which he has the power of throwing himself up again, and changing to the other side of the horse if necessary. In this wonderful condition, he will hang whilst his horse is at fullest speed, carrying with him his bow and his shield, and also his long lance of fourteen feet in length, all or either of which he will wield upon his enemy as he passes ; rising and throwing his arrows over the horse's back, or with equal ease and equal success under the horse's neck...
Pàgina 329 - ... (on a level and beautiful prairie), which before had been strained tight and fixed, were seen waving and flapping in the wind, and in one minute more all were flat upon the ground. Their horses and dogs, of which they...
Pàgina 38 - Is this punishment intended, not for our reformation, but for our destruction?" Again, "Impart to us, out of thy great mercy, thy gifts, which we are not worthy to receive through our own merits".
Pàgina 96 - Egyptians ; one, displaced from its pedestal by enormous roots ; another locked in the close embrace of branches of trees, and almost lifted out of the earth; another, hurled to the ground, and bound down by huge vines and creepers ; and one standing, with its altar before it, in a grove of trees which grew around, seemingly to shade and shroud it, as a sacred thing in the solemn stillness of the woods, it seemed a divinity mourning over a fallen people.
Pàgina 86 - The hair is divided, and falls down behind in two long plaits, fastened at the top by a bow of ribbon and a flower. In this dress there is no alteration from what they wore in former days; saving that the women of a higher class wore a dress of finer cotton with more embroidery, and a loose garment over all, resembling a priest's surplice, when the weather was cold. Among the men, the introduction of trousers is Spanish — but they still wear the...