Montezuma: The Last of the Aztecs; a Romance, Volume 1Paine & Burgess, 1845 |
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altar amid Anahuac answered arms Axayacatl Aztec emperor betrayed blood bosom breast brow captive Castilian cavaliers chain chinampas Cholitla clasped cloud command Cortés cried curse dare dark dead death despair doom dreams dwarf earth enemy eyes face faith fate father fear feelings felt gaze gods groans hand hath hatred heard heart heaven holy hope hour hunchback Indian interrupted Ixtichli kindled king light lips look lover Malinché maquahuitl master melancholy mercy Montezuma Nezualco night nobles numbers Old Castille palace passed passion prayer present priest priestess princess prisoner Quetzalcoatl returned royal Aztec sacrifice seemed silence soldier Spaniard speak spirit stood stranger strength superstition sword tears Tecpa Temple Tenoch Tenochtitlan Tenpuatli Teocalli Teoteuctli terrors thee thine thou art thou hast throne tion Tlas Tlascalan Tolteca tone traitor trembling turned utter vengeance victim voice wandered warrior white god words would'st wretched Xicotencatl Xolula
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Page 23 - Before the altar in this sanctuary, stood the colossal image of Huitzilopotchli, the tutelary deity and war-god of the Aztecs. His countenance was distorted into hideous lineaments of symbolical import. In his right hand he wielded a bow, and in his left a bunch of golden arrows, which a mystic legend had connected with the victories of his people. The huge folds of a serpent, consisting of pearls and precious stones, were coiled round his waist, and the same rich materials were profusely sprinkled...
Page 14 - On his head he wore no other ornament than a panache of plumes of the royal green which floated down his back, the badge of military, rather than of regal, rank. He was at this time about forty years of age. His person was tall and thin, but not ill-made. His hair, which was black and straight, was not very long; to wear it short was considered unbecoming persons of rank.
Page 50 - ... under-lips, and occasionally their noses, were garnished with pendants formed of precious stones, or crescents of fine gold.
Page 192 - The wall, which was quadrangular, was pierced by huge battlemented gateways, opening on the four principal streets of the capital. Over each of the gates was a kind of arsenal, filled with arms and warlike gear...
Page 23 - The most conspicuous ornament was a chain of gold and silver hearts alternate, suspended round his neck, emblematical of the sacrifice in which he most delighted. A more unequivocal evidence of this was afforded by three human hearts smoking and almost palpitating, as if recently torn from the victims, and now lying on the altar before him!
Page 105 - ... that sweet worship of the heart around the hearth of its affections, and the altar of its idols ; re-kindles those smiles, which glow like beacons amid the chill and darkness of a...
Page 8 - And there were also rich fields of grain, drooping with the weight of their own fertility, blending the treasures of their coming harvest with the teeming orchards and floating chinampas, whose fruits of gold and crimson vied in bloom with those of the Hesperides.
Page 7 - ... could never be ruffled by the storm or darkened by the cloud. On the bright bosom of each floated the chinampas, or...
Page 105 - for such was thy name in bondage, and such I find it here !" The girl started, as starts the...
Page 1 - BURGESS, 62 JOHN STREET. 1845. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, BY PAINE AND BURGESS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.