 | William Hickling Prescott - 1843 - 514 strani
...and nearly screened by intervening fpliage, was seen a shining speck, the rival capital of Tezcuco, and, still further on, the dark belt of porphyry,...Nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels. Such was the beautiful vision which broke on the eyes of the Conquerors. And even now, when so sad... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1844 - 574 strani
...and nearly screened by intervening foliage, was seen a shining speck, the rival capital of Tezcuco, and, still further on, the dark belt of porphyry,...Nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels. " Such was the beautiful vision which broke on the eyes of the Conquerors. And even now, when so sad... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 strani
...intervening foliage, was 9 seen, (a shining speck,) the rival capital Tezc.uco ; and, still further on, (he dark belt of porphyry, girdling the valley around,...nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels. Such was the beautiful vision which broke on the eyes of the conquerors ; and even now, when so sad... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 strani
...and nearly screened by intervening foliage, was seen a shining speck, the rival capital of Tezcuco ; and still further on, the dark belt of porphyry, girdling...nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels. Such was the beautiful vision which broke on the eyes of the conquerors. cf. t rrnptao -suru » an... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 strani
...and nearly screened by intervening foliage, was seen a shining speck, the rival capital of Tezcuco, and, still further on, the dark belt of porphyry, girdling the Valley around like a rich selling which Nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels. Such was the beautiful vision which... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 strani
...by intervening foliage, was seen a shining speck, the rival capital of Tezcuco, and, still farther on, the dark belt of porphyry, girdling the Valley...nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels. • and the soil, unsheltered from the fierce radiance of a tropical sun, is in many places abandoned... | |
 | William Dalton - 1862 - 556 strani
...by intervening foliage, was seen a shining speck, the rival capital of Tezcuco, and, still farther on, the dark belt of porphyry girdling the valley...nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels." The first feeling among these toil-worn, weatherbeaten veterans, was intense admiration and delight... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 strani
...and nearly screened by intervening foliage, was seen a shining speck, the rival capital of Tezcuco, and, still further on, the dark belt of porphyry,...nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels. Such was the beautiful vision which broke on the eyes of the Conquerors. And even now, when so sad... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 strani
...rival city of Tezcuco ; and still farther on, the dark belt of Porphyry, girdling the valley round like a rich setting, which nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels. PMSSCOTT. 74. WHAT IS POETRY t WHAT is poetry? A smile, a tear, a glory, a longing after the things... | |
 | William Dalton - 1872 - 636 strani
...by intervening foliage, was seen a shining speck, the rival capital of Tezcuco, and, still farther on, the dark belt of porphyry girdling the valley...nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels." The first feeling among these toil-worn, weatherbeaten veterans, was intense admiration and delight... | |
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Mexican monarchs, crowned with the same grove of gigantic cypresses, which at this day fling their broad shadows over the land. In the distance beyond the blue waters of the lake, and nearly screened by intervening foliage, was seen a shining speck, the... 
