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Page 103
... Mexican officers ; not subject to one head , nor fighting on the same side . The subordinates under these generals are in no better order and discipline , sometimes the corporal commands the king . But this very lack of order gives ...
... Mexican officers ; not subject to one head , nor fighting on the same side . The subordinates under these generals are in no better order and discipline , sometimes the corporal commands the king . But this very lack of order gives ...
Page 180
... Mexican , with the average culture of his nation , would make a sorry figure in delineating the character of New England . If the historian be a strong man , his work reflects his own character ; if that be boldly marked , then it ...
... Mexican , with the average culture of his nation , would make a sorry figure in delineating the character of New England . If the historian be a strong man , his work reflects his own character ; if that be boldly marked , then it ...
Page 227
... Mexican conquest was complete . During that time great revolutions have taken place in the world , — theological , political , and social . A great progress has been made in the arts , in science , in morals and religion , in the ...
... Mexican conquest was complete . During that time great revolutions have taken place in the world , — theological , political , and social . A great progress has been made in the arts , in science , in morals and religion , in the ...
Page 228
... Mexicans incapable of further advance , or were the Spaniards unable to aid them ? The Europeans gave the Indian most valuable material helps to civilization - cattle , swine , sheep , goats , asses , horses , oxen , the cereal grasses ...
... Mexicans incapable of further advance , or were the Spaniards unable to aid them ? The Europeans gave the Indian most valuable material helps to civilization - cattle , swine , sheep , goats , asses , horses , oxen , the cereal grasses ...
Page 229
... Mexicans . In addition to printed volumes , Mr. Prescott has richly supplied himself with such manuscript treasures of Spanish history as few American eyes ever behold . He has at his command about eight thousand folio pages of the work ...
... Mexicans . In addition to printed volumes , Mr. Prescott has richly supplied himself with such manuscript treasures of Spanish history as few American eyes ever behold . He has at his command about eight thousand folio pages of the work ...
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