 | William Hickling Prescott - 1846 - 524 pagini
...great basin were beheld the lakes, occupying then a much larger portion of its surface than at present; their borders thickly studded with towns and hamlets,...waters, — the far-famed " Venice of the Aztecs." High over all rose the royal hill of Chapoltepec, the residence of the Mexican monarchs, crowned with... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1844 - 574 pagini
...basin were beheld the lakes, occupying then a much larger portion of its surface than at present ; their borders thickly studded with towns and hamlets,...waters, — the far-famed ' Venice of the Aztecs.' High over all rose the royal hill of Chapoltepec, the residence of the Mexican monarchs, crowned with... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1844 - 326 pagini
...Mexico, is 2277 metres, nearly 7500 feet, above the s«a. Humboldt, F.ssai PolHique, torn, ii. p. 05. with her coronal of pearls, — the fair city of Mexico,...waters, — the far-famed "Venice of the Aztecs." High over all rose the royal hill of Chapoltcpec, the residence of the Mexican monarchs, crowned with... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pagini
...sacred city. Montezuma, overawed, again made overtures of reconciliation, and promised the Spaniards aa immense quantity of gold if they would advance no...valley, the Spaniards halted at Ajotzinco, a town an the banks of the southernmost of the five lakes. Meanwhile Montezuma was in an agony of indecision.... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1850 - 586 pagini
...or, flushed with victory and conquest, turned their eyes upon the same glorious scenes, beholding, "in the midst, — like some Indian empress with her...the waters, — the far-famed ' Venice of the Aztecs !' "f The Valley of Mexico, or Tenochtitlan, as it was called * These two mountains, in former times,... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pagini
...lakes : occupying then a much larger portion of its surface than at present; their borders thickly 7 studded with towns and hamlets ; and, in the midst,...the waters : the farfamed ' Venice of the Aztecs.' High above all, arose the 8 royal hill of Chapoltepec, (the residence of the Mexican monarchs,) crowned... | |
 | Brantz Mayer - 1852 - 478 pagini
...thickly 1 Between nine and ten thousand feet above the level of the sea, at this point of the road. studded with towns and hamlets, and, in the midst,...the waters — the far-famed 'Venice of the Aztecs.' High over all rose the royal hill of Chapultepec, the residence of the Mexican monarchs, belted with... | |
 | Brantz Mayer - 1852 - 492 pagini
...thickly i Between nine and ten thousand feet above the level of the sea, at this point of the road. studded with towns and hamlets, and, in the midst,...waters — the far-famed ' Venice of the Aztecs.' High over all rose the royal hill of Chapultepec, the residence of the Mexican monarchs, belted with... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 pagini
...picturesque assemblage of water, woodland, and cultivated plains, its shining cities and shadowy hills, were spread out like some gay and gorgeous panorama before...valley, the Spaniards halted at Ajotzinco, a town ou the banks of the southernmost of the five lakes. Meanwhile Montezuma was in an agony of indecision.... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pagini
...basin were beheld the lakes, occupying then a much larger portion of its surface than at present ; their borders thickly studded with towns and hamlets...waters — the far-famed " Venice of the Aztecs." High over all rose the royal hill of Chapoltepee, the residence of the Mexican monarchs, crowned with... | |
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In the centre of the great basin were beheld the lakes, occupying then a much larger portion of its surface than at present; their borders thickly studded with towns and hamlets, and. in the midst, — like some Indian empress with her coronal of pearls,... 
