 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1809 - 518 էջ
...objects were of the greatest beauty, and I doubt if any other prince on earth ever possessed anything similar to them. That your Highness may not imagine I am advancing fables. I may add that all which the earth and ocean produces, of which king Montezuma could have any knowledge,... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1811 - 522 էջ
...your imperial highness. These objects were of the greatest beauty, and I doubt if any other prince of earth ever possessed any thing similar to them. That...fables, I add, that all which the earth and ocean produces, of which king Montezuma could have any knowledge, he had caused to be imitated in gold and... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1814 - 524 էջ
...your imperial highness. These objects were of the greatest beauty, and I doubt if any other prince of earth ever possessed any thing similar to them. That...fables, I add, that all which the earth and ocean produces, of which king Montezuma could have any knowledge, he had caused to be imitated in gold and... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1822 - 544 էջ
...prince of earth ever possessed any thing similar to them. That your highness may not imagine I arn advancing fables, I add, that all which the earth...ocean produce, of which king Montezuma could have any knowledge, he had caused to be imitated in gold and silver, In precious stones, and feathers, atid... | |
 | Nicholas Mill - 1824 - 330 էջ
...in the kingdom, and CHAPETONES or GACHUPINES, EUROPEANS, AFRICAN NEGROES, and CASTS of MIXED BLOOD. The descendants of WHITES and INDIANS are called MESTIZOS....and ocean produce, of " which King Montezuma could nave any know" ledge, he had caused to be imitated in gold, " silver, and precious stones, and feathers... | |
 | Nicholas Mill - 1824 - 430 էջ
...dances and whimsical disguises, are a most fertile source of amusement for the lower Indians. The jnusic and dancing of the natives partake of that want of..." silver, and precious stones, and feathers ; and ft the whole in such great perfection, that one " could not help believing he saw the very ob" jects... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1859 - 528 էջ
...objects were of the greatest beauty, and I doubt if any other prince on earth ever possessed anything similar to them. That your Highness may not imagine I am advancing fables, I may add that all which the earth and ocean produces, of which king Montezuma could have any knowledge,... | |
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presented with gold-plate and jewels, of such " precious workmanship, that, unwilling to allow " them to be melted, I set apart more than a " hundred thousand ducats worth of them to be " presented to your Imperial Highness. These " objects were of the... 