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... ordering that every man found guilty of practising it should be burnt alive . In one of his marches toward the west , he found it necessary to cross the river Apurimac . For this purpose he constructed a suspension bridge of withes ...
... ordering that every man found guilty of practising it should be burnt alive . In one of his marches toward the west , he found it necessary to cross the river Apurimac . For this purpose he constructed a suspension bridge of withes ...
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... ordered the construction of the famous golden chain , seven hundred feet in length , and as thick as a man's wrist . In two years the chain was finished , and the festival commenced . The dancers , who consisted of all the royal princes ...
... ordered the construction of the famous golden chain , seven hundred feet in length , and as thick as a man's wrist . In two years the chain was finished , and the festival commenced . The dancers , who consisted of all the royal princes ...
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... ordered to keep within the square and await the pre- concerted signals . With the dawn of day , the Peruvian camp was perceived to be in motion ; but as the Inca was desir- ous of appearing with the greatest possible splendor before his ...
... ordered to keep within the square and await the pre- concerted signals . With the dawn of day , the Peruvian camp was perceived to be in motion ; but as the Inca was desir- ous of appearing with the greatest possible splendor before his ...
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... ordered him to be led instantly to execution . An attempt was made by the priest Val- verde to convert him to Christianity , during the brief space that elapsed between his condemnation and his death , by offering to mitigate his ...
... ordered him to be led instantly to execution . An attempt was made by the priest Val- verde to convert him to Christianity , during the brief space that elapsed between his condemnation and his death , by offering to mitigate his ...
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... ordered a new sup- ply of arms to be furnished , and proceeded to disci- pline his men . He then watched for a favorable opportunity of surprising the enemy by stratagem ; this an accident soon furnished him . The Spaniards , under ...
... ordered a new sup- ply of arms to be furnished , and proceeded to disci- pline his men . He then watched for a favorable opportunity of surprising the enemy by stratagem ; this an accident soon furnished him . The Spaniards , under ...
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Page 73 - And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud...
Page 187 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering Worth is...
Page 231 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 73 - The sky is changed! - and such a change! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder!
Page 184 - Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie ! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel O
Page 72 - Clear, placid Leman! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Page 212 - Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
Page 186 - Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet! Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east.
Page 166 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !
Page 72 - Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires,— 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.