Die culturländer des alten America, Volume 1

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Wiedmannsche buchhandlung, 1878 - Central America
 

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Page 302 - Nezahualcoyotl, lo que ahora tienes; con flores de este hermoso jardín, corona tus ilustres sienes; oye mi canto y lira que a darte gustos y placeres tira.
Page 553 - ... y así" cuando vieron que había entre nosotros ladrones y hombres que incitaban a pecado a sus mugeres e hijas, nos tuvieron en poco; y han venido a tal rotura en ofensa...
Page 319 - At length they were discovered, and a party of soldiers being sent, the whole were seized, with the exception of one old woman, who, sooner than again be led into slavery, dashed herself to pieces from the summit of the mountain. In a Roman matron, this would have been called the noble love of freedom: in a poor negress it is mere brutal obstinacy.
Page 374 - ... of a pestilent superstition, that must be extirpated. The first archbishop of Mexico, Don Juan de Zumarraga, — a name that should be as immortal as that of Omar, — collected these paintings from every quarter, especially from Tezcuco, the most cultivated capital in Auahuac, and the great depository of the national archives. He then caused them to be piled up in a "mountain-heap...
Page 596 - ... descubriesen mejor las torres pequeñas el espacio que entre las pequeñas había, por donde el sol pasaba al salir y al ponerse, era el punto de los solsticios. Las unas torres del Oriente correspondían a las otras del Poniente del solsticio vernal o hiemal.
Page 528 - Die Burschen versammeln sich nach Sonnenuntergang auf einer Anhöhe, besonders an Kreuzwegen, und peitschen bis Mitternacht kreuzweis im Tact, soweit das Knallen gehört wird, sind alle Hexen machtlos" (nach dem deutschen Volksglauben).
Page 553 - ... en poco; y han venido a tal rotura en ofensa de Dios estos naturales por el mal exemplo que les hemos dado en todo, que aquel...
Page 509 - ... Lake Titicaca, is situated the Island of Titicaca, from which Manco Capac and his wife travelled to Cuzco. He was a navigator. The Island of Titicaca is surrounded by the Aymara tribe of Indians, whose language TIAHUANACO RUINS. 105 was not understood by Jose, who spoke Quichua as well as his own. The valley of Cuzco is the first inviting spot to the northwest of this lake, and the road from it to Cuzco is level enough for a railroad. Manco Capac and his wife were carried by east winds, which...
Page 568 - En común les nombran los indios con este nombre llama, que es ganado; al pastor dicen llama, michec; quiere decir el que apacienta el ganado. Para diferenciarlo llaman al ganado mayor huanacullama, por la semejanza que en todo tiene con el animal bravo que llaman...
Page 351 - See how this padre cheats us. Who believes that the devil will leave us, by the sign of the eross.

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