 ... a. volcanic substance, hard as flint,— and, inserting his hand in the wound, tore out the palpitating heart. The minister of death, first holding this up towards the sun, an object of worship throughout Anahuac, cast it at the feet of the deity...  Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers - Page 302by Thomas Philip Terry - 1909 - 595 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1854 - 744 pages
...holding this up towards thesun, an object of worship throughout Anahuac, cast it at the feet of the deity to whom the temple was devoted, while the multitudes below prostrated themselves in humble adoration. The tragic story of this prisonerwas expounded by thepriests as the type of human destiny, which, brilliant... | |
 | John Frost - Africa - 1852 - 560 pages
...this up towards the sun, an object of worship throughout Anahuac, cast it at the feet of the deity to whom the temple was devoted, while the multitudes below prostrated themselves in humble adoration. The tragic story of this prisoner was expounded by the priests as the type of human destiny, which,... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - Cities and towns, Ancient - 1852 - 436 pages
...this up towards the sun, an object of worship throughout Anahuac, cast it at the feet of the deity to whom the temple was devoted, while the multitudes below prostrated themselves in humble adoration. The tragic story of this prisoner was expounded by the priests as the type of human destiny, which,... | |
 | Baptist missionary society - 1853 - 384 pages
...the palpitating heart. Then after holding it up towards the sun, he cast it at the feet of the deity to whom the temple was devoted, while the multitudes below prostrated themselves in humble adoration. This was only one among a multitude of victims that were *sacrificed every year ; for in the whole... | |
 | Hudson Tuttle - God - 1869 - 294 pages
...this up towards the sun, an object of worship throughout Anahuac, cast it at the feet of the deity to whom the temple was devoted, while the multitudes below prostrated themselves in humble adoration. The tragic story of the prisoner was expounded by the priests as the type of human destiny, which,... | |
 | William Dalton - America - 1872 - 636 pages
...this up towards the sun, an object of worship thixmghout Anahuac, cast it at the feet of the deity to whom the temple was devoted, while the multitudes below prostrated themselves in humble adoration. The tragic story of this prisoner was expounded by the priests as the type of human destiny, which,... | |
 | Rājendralāla Mitra (Raja) - Arayns - 1881 - 526 pages
...holding this up towards the sun, an object of worship throughout Anahac, cast it at the feet of the deity to whom the temple was devoted, while the multitudes below prostrated themselves in humble adoration. The tragic story of this prisoner was expounded by the priests as the type of human destiny, which,... | |
 | John Frost - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1882 - 738 pages
...CUSTOMS. l!ll!lllll!ll||!¥'K!i,,';,, , Gladiatorial Sacrifice. Anahuac, cast it at the feet of the deity to whom the temple was devoted, while the multitudes below prostrated themselves in humble adoration. The tragic story of this prisoner was expounded by the priests as the type of human destiny, which... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 562 pages
...up toward the sun — an object of worship throughout Anahuac — cast it at the feet of the deity to- whom the temple was devoted, while the multitudes below prostrated themselves in humble adoration. The tragic story of this prisoner was expounded by the priests as the type of human destiny, which,... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1894 - 544 pages
...up toward the sun — an object of worship throughout Anahuac — cast it at the feet of the deity to whom the temple was devoted, while the multitudes below prostrated themselves in humble adoration. The tragic story of this prisoner was expounded by the priests as the type, of human destiny, which,... | |
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