 ... battle-field, engaged in mortal combat in presence of the whole city, as well as of the troops in the court-yard, who paused, as if by mutual consent, from their own hostilities, gazing in silent expectation on the issue of those above. The area,...  Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers - Page clxxxby Thomas Philip Terry - 1909 - 595 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hickling Prescott - Mexico - 1846 - 524 pages
...if by mutual consent, from their own hostilities, gazing in silent expectation on the issue of those above. The area, though somewhat smaller than the...height of forty feet, at the further extremity of the arena. One of these had been consecrated to the Cross. The other was still occupied by the Mexican... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...somewhat smaller than the base of the teocaUi, was large enough to afford a fair field of fight or a thousand combatants. It was paved with broad, flat...height of forty feet, at the further extremity of the arena. One of these had been consecrated to the cross: the other was still occupied by the Mexican... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Mexico - 1844 - 326 pages
...if by mutual consent, from their own hostilities, gazing in silent expectation on the issue of those above. The area, though somewhat smaller than the base of the teocalli, was large enough to aiford a fair field of fight for a thousand combatants. It was paved with broad, flat stones. No impediment... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Mexico - 1854 - 520 pages
...if by mutual consent, from their own hostilities, gazing in silent expectation on the issue of those above. The area, though somewhat smaller than the...for a thousand combatants. It was paved with broad, fiat stones. No impediment occurred over its surface, except the huge sacrificial block, and the temples... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Mexico - 1859 - 514 pages
...consent, from their own hostilities, gazing in silent expectation on the issue of those above. Tho area, though somewhat smaller than the base of the teocalli, was large enough to afibrd a fair field of fight for a thousand combatants. It was paved with broad, flat stones. No impediment... | |
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...if by mutual consent, from their own hostilities, gazing in silent expectation on the issue of those above. The area, though somewhat smaller than the...height of forty feet, at the further extremity of the arena. One of these had been consecrated to the cross ; the other was still occupied by the Mexican... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Mexico - 1873 - 512 pages
...if by mutual consent, from their own hostilities, gazing in silent expectation on the issue of those above. The area, though somewhat smaller than the...stone which rose to the height of forty feet, at the farther extremity of the arena. One of these had been consecrated to the Cross. The other was still... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Mexico - 1873 - 504 pages
...if by mutual consent, from their own hostilities, gazing in silent expectation on the issue of those above. The area, though somewhat smaller than the...impediment occurred over its surface, except the huge sacriIicial block, and the temples of stone which rose to the height of forty feet, at the farther... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 pages
...if by mutual consent, from their own hostilities, gazing in silent expectation on the issue of those above. The area, though somewhat smaller than the...stone, which rose to the height of forty feet, at the farther extremity of the arena. One of these had been consecrated to the cross ; the other was still... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - Literature - 1888 - 420 pages
...gazing in silent expectation on the issue of those above. The area, though somewhat smaller than tho base of the teocalli, was large enough to afford a...height of forty feet, at the further extremity of the arena. One of these had been consecrated to the cross ; the other was still occupied by the Mexican... | |
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