 | William O. Blake - 1856 - 1124 ページ
...pearls, the fair city of Mexico, with her white towers and pyramidal temples, reposing, as it were, -m the bosom of the waters — the far-famed " Venice...valley, the Spaniards halted at Ajotzinco, a town on •Jje tank* of the southernmost of the five lakes. Meanwhile Montezuma in an agony of indecision.... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 ページ
...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,...the 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... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1861 - 452 ページ
...fields of maize, and the towering maguey, intermingled with orchards and blooming gardens. In the center of the great basin were beheld the lakes, their borders...into the valley, he saw that he must either face the strangrrs in the field of battle, or admit them into his capital. His brother, Cuitlahua, advised the... | |
 | William Dalton - 1862 - 556 ページ
...occupying then a much larger portion of its surface than at present ; their borders thickly stndded with towns and hamlets, and in the midst, like some...the 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... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 ページ
...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... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 ページ
...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...of the waters, the far-famed Venice of the Aztecs. 4. High over all rose the royal hill of Chapul tepee, the residence of the Mexican monarchs, crowned... | |
 | William Dalton - 1872 - 636 ページ
...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,...the 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... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 ページ
...busin 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 Chapultepec, the residence of the Mexican monarchs, crowned with... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 ページ
...then a much larger portion of its surface than at present; their borders thickly studded with towus and hamlets, and, in the midst, like some Indian empress...waters, — the far-famed " Venice of the Aztecs." High over all rose the royal hill of Chapultepec, the residence of the Mexican monarchs, crowned with... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 ページ
...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 Chapultepec, 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,... 
