Cortes: Or, The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico |
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altar Alvarado army arrived artillery ascending attack Aztec Balboa became brigantines Cacique capital captive causeway Cempoalla character chief Cholula Christian coast colony Columbus command commenced conquest Cortes Cruz Cuba Darien deity Diego de Nicuesa discovery distance dreaded Emperor empire enemies envoys European expedition favour fearful felt foes gold Governor Guatemozin Gulf Gulf of Venezuela heard Hispaniola hundred Indians island isthmus King lake land leagues length Lord Mexican Mexican empire Mexico miles Monarch Montezuma mountains natives niards nobles object ocean Ojeda ordered Ovando Pedro de Alvarado present Priests prisoner proceeded Quetzalcoatl racter reached received reign religion religious resolved sacrifice sailed scarcely sent shores slain soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish stood summit sword Tabasco temple thousand feet tion Tlascalans told Totonacs troops Velasquez Vera Cruz vessels victory Villa Rica voyage wealth whole Xicotencatl Yucatan
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Page 14 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Page 15 - And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more.
Page 13 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Page 9 - The secret things belong unto the LORD our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Page 11 - Son is given : and the government shall be upon His shoulder. ... Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
Page 46 - WE praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
Page 14 - Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
Page 12 - These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them : for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings : and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Page 124 - ... their borders thickly studded with towns and hamlets, and, in the midst — like some Indian empress with her coronal of pearls — the fair city of Mexico, with her white towers and pyramidal temples, reposing, as it were, on the bosom of the waters, the far-famed
Page 67 - His principal standard was of black velvet embroidered with gold, and emblazoned with a red cross amidst flames of blue and white, with this motto in Latin beneath; "Friends, let us follow the Cross; and under this sign, if we have faith, we shall conquer.