Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 27
Page 637
... Mexicans , however , did not find themselves any more fecure in their new place of refidence than formerly : they were perfecu- ted by the neighbouring lords , and obliged to take refuge in a number of finall iflands , named cocolo , at ...
... Mexicans , however , did not find themselves any more fecure in their new place of refidence than formerly : they were perfecu- ted by the neighbouring lords , and obliged to take refuge in a number of finall iflands , named cocolo , at ...
Page 658
... Mexicans immediately proceeded in the manner above- Mexico , mentioned . Mexico . by the Mexicans , to guard the capital and the cap- tive emperor ; while he himself marched with the re- mainder , to meet his formidable opponent , who ...
... Mexicans immediately proceeded in the manner above- Mexico , mentioned . Mexico . by the Mexicans , to guard the capital and the cap- tive emperor ; while he himself marched with the re- mainder , to meet his formidable opponent , who ...
Page 659
... Mexicans to the platform at the top of the tower . There a dreadful carnage began ; when two young Mexicans of high rank , obferving Cortes , as he ani mated his foldiers , refolved to facrifice their own lives in order to cut off the ...
... Mexicans to the platform at the top of the tower . There a dreadful carnage began ; when two young Mexicans of high rank , obferving Cortes , as he ani mated his foldiers , refolved to facrifice their own lives in order to cut off the ...
Common terms and phrases
alfo alſo animalcule antimony appear arfenic becauſe body brafs cafe calcination called caufe cauſe colour confequence confiderable confifts copper Cortes diftinct diſcovered diſtance divifions earth exiftence exiſtence extenfion faid fame fays fcrew fecond feems feen fenfation fenfe fent feparated feven feveral fhall fhould fide filver fimilar fimple fingle firft firſt fituation fize flider fmall folar folid fome fomething fometimes foon fore ftate ftill ftones fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fufion fulphur fuppofe furnace fyftem glafs himſelf ideas impoffible inches inftance inftrument iron itſelf kind laft lefs likewife litharge magnifier matter meaſure metals Mexicans Mexico micrometer microſcope mind moft Montezuma moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion paffing pelvis perceive perception perfon philofophers poffible pofition prefent purpoſe pyrites quantity reafon refemblance refpect reft ſmall ſome ſpace Spaniards thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tube uſed uterus veffel