The Historical Works of William Robertson: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Հատոր 4Doig and Stirling, 1813 |
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The Historical Works of William Robertson: With an Account of His ..., Հատոր 4 William Robertson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1813 |
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Էջ 32 - European arts, what he admired most was that of reading and writing ; and he long deliberated with himself, whether he should regard it as a natural or acquired talent. In order to determine this, he desired one of the soldiers, who guarded him, to write the name of God on the nail of his thumb. This he...
Էջ 319 - English woollen and other manufactures and commodities ; and in making England a staple, not only of the commodities of those plantations, but also of the commodities of other countries and places, for the supplying of them...
Էջ 25 - ... nor would he forsake the service of the Sun, the immortal divinity whom he and his people revered, in order to worship the God of the Spaniards, who was subject to death ; that with respect to other matters contained in...
Էջ 60 - Cubagua; whence he sailed to Spain. The vanity natural to travellers who visit regions unknown to the rest of mankind, and the art of an adventurer, solicitous to magnify his own merit, concurred in prompting him to mingle an extraordinary proportion of the marvellous in the narrative of his voyage. He pretended to have discovered nations so rich, that the roofs of their temples were covered with plates of gold ; and described a republic of women, so warlike and powerful, as to have extended their...
Էջ 137 - They were exhibited to the people under detestable forms, which created horror. The figures of serpents, of tigers, and of other destructive animals, decorated their temples. Fear was the only principle that inspired their votaries. Fasts, mortifications, and penances, all rigid, and many of them excruciating to an extreme degree, were the means employed to appease the wrath of...
Էջ 26 - He offered, as a * r»n»om. ransom, what astonished the Spaniards, even after all they now knew concerning the opulence of his kingdom. The apartment in which he was confined was twenty-two feet in length, and sixteen in breadth ; he undertook to fill it with vessels of gold as high as he could reach. Pizarro closed...
Էջ 61 - Spaniards encountered hardships greater than those which they had endured in their progress outward, without the alluring hopes which then soothed and animated them under their sufferings. Hunger compelled them to feed on roots and berries, to eat all their dogs and horses, to devour the most loathsome reptiles, and even to knaw the leather of their saddles and sword-belts.
Էջ 367 - It was stipulated, that the confederates should henceforth be distinguished by the name of the United Colonies of New England...
Էջ 25 - In this book,' answered Valverde, reaching out to him his breviary. The inca opened it eagerly, and turning over the leaves, lifted it to his ear : ' This,' says he, ' is silent ; it tells me nothing ;' and threw it with disdain to the ground. The enraged monk, running towards his countrymen, cried out, ' To arms, Christians, to arms ; the word of God is insulted ; avenge this profanation on those impious dogs.
Էջ 143 - ... among the Mexicans. Manco Capac turned the veneration of his followers entirely towards natural objects. The sun, as the great source of light, of joy, and fertility in the creation, attracted their principal homage. The moon and stars, as co-operating with him, were entitled to secondary honours.