 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1857 - 544 strani
...among whom was a mulatto, stood by the side of their chief; the rest passed over the line to Tafur. This simple story has been told in a very different...is one which may remind the classical reader of the choice of Hercules. Assembling his men, Pizarro drew his sword, and marked with it a line upon the... | |
 | Henry Willis Baxley - 1865 - 646 strani
...published since Mr. Prescott's " History of the Conquest of Peru," says*that the foregoing statement is " according to the invincible passion for melo-dramatic...greatest things are, for the most part, transacted." As Mr. Helps tells the story, it was the commander of the vessel sent to convey the Spaniards back... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1874 - 560 strani
...his authority, and rejects the common version of the story of "crossing the line," as an example of " the invincible passion for melodramatic representation...greatest things are, for the most part, transacted." (The Spanish Conquest in America, Am. ••>!,, vol. iii. p. 409.) It may be admitted that there are many... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1902 - 434 strani
...according to the invincible passion for melo - dramatic representation which people of second - rate imagination delight in, those especially who have...marked with it a line upon the sand, from west to east. — Then, pointing towards the south, the way to Peru, he said, " Gentlemen, on that side are... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1902 - 436 strani
...story has been told in a very different way, according to the invincible passion for melo - dramatic representation which people of second-rate imagination...marked with it a line upon the sand, from west to east. — Then, pointing towards the south, the way to Peru, he said, " Gentlemen, on that side are... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1904 - 438 strani
...authority, and rejects the common version of the story of " crossing the line," as an example of " the invincible passion for melodramatic representation...greatest things are, for the most part, transacted." (The Spanish Conquest in America, Arn. ed., vol. iii. p. 409.) It may be admitted that there are many people... | |
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... by the side of Pizarro. Fourteen resolute men, amongst whom was a mulatto, stood by the side of their chief; the rest passed over the line to Tafur. This simple story has been told in a very different way, according to the invincible passion for melo-dramatic... 