Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time : with a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization, a Historical Sketch of the Late War, and Notices of New Mexico and California, Volumen1S. Drake, 1853 |
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... labor among the masses of this singular empire . The conquerors did not trouble themselves with acquiring accurate statistical information , nor do they seem to have counted num- bers carefully , except when they had enemies to conquer ...
... labor among the masses of this singular empire . The conquerors did not trouble themselves with acquiring accurate statistical information , nor do they seem to have counted num- bers carefully , except when they had enemies to conquer ...
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... labor of blasting the fame of Cortéz , and wresting from his grasp the splendid fruits of his valor . Luckily , however , the Emperor returned , about this period , from eastern Europe , and , from this moment the tide of intrigue seems ...
... labor of blasting the fame of Cortéz , and wresting from his grasp the splendid fruits of his valor . Luckily , however , the Emperor returned , about this period , from eastern Europe , and , from this moment the tide of intrigue seems ...
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... labor in order to record a false- hood . The men who could build the edifices of Uxmal , Palenque , Copan and Chichen - Itza , were far removed from the aboriginal condition of Nomadic tribes . Taste and luxury had been long grafted on ...
... labor in order to record a false- hood . The men who could build the edifices of Uxmal , Palenque , Copan and Chichen - Itza , were far removed from the aboriginal condition of Nomadic tribes . Taste and luxury had been long grafted on ...
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... labor , so , that , diverting its attention from the bodies of its victims it devoted itself , with the occasional recreation of an auto da fe , to the spiritual guardianship of Spanish and Indian intellects . Educa- tion was of course ...
... labor , so , that , diverting its attention from the bodies of its victims it devoted itself , with the occasional recreation of an auto da fe , to the spiritual guardianship of Spanish and Indian intellects . Educa- tion was of course ...
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... labor of their serfs , without attempting afterwards , to rob them of the wages of such ignominious labor . But even in this , the Spanish inge- nuity and avarice were not to be foiled , for the corregidores in the towns and villages ...
... labor of their serfs , without attempting afterwards , to rob them of the wages of such ignominious labor . But even in this , the Spanish inge- nuity and avarice were not to be foiled , for the corregidores in the towns and villages ...
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