 | 1847 - 788 strani
...lost the whole of their booty. One man had received in his share of spoil a golden image of the sun. " This rich prize the spendthrift lost in a single night ; whence it came to be a proverb in Spain, Juega el Sol antes (1ue atuanczca, ' Play away the sun before sunrise.' " With the capture... | |
 | 1847 - 758 strani
...image of the Sun, which, raised on a plate of burnished gold, spread over the walls in a recess of the great temple, and which for some reason or other,...in a single night ; whence it came to be a proverb in Spain, Juega el Sol antes que amanezca, ' Play away the Sun before sunrise.' The effect of such... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1847 - 714 strani
...image of the Sun, which, raised on a plate of burnished gold, spread os'er the walls in a recess of the great temple, and which, for some reason or other,...ornaments. This rich prize the spendthrift lost in a single mght; whence it came to be a proverb in Spain, Juega el Sol antes qite amanezca, "Piay away the Sun... | |
 | 1847 - 640 strani
...lost the whole of their booty. One man had received in his share of spoil a golden image of the sun. "This rich prize the spendthrift lost in a single night ; whence it came to be a proverb in Spain, Juega el Sol antes que amanezca, ' Play away the sun before sunrise.' " With the capture... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1848 - 566 strani
...image of the Sun, which, raised on a plate of burnished gold, spread over the walls in a recess of the great temple, and which, for some reason or other,...in a single night ; whence it came to be a proverb in Spain, 'Juega el sol antes que amanezea,' 'Play away the Sun before sunrise.' " The effect of such... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1848 - 530 strani
...great temple, and which, for some reason or other,—perhaps because of its superior fineness,—was not recast like the other ornaments. This rich prize...in a single night; whence it came to be a proverb in Spain, Juega el Sol antes que amanczca, " Play away the sun before sunrise."* The effect of such... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1855 - 380 strani
...of the Sun, which, raised on a plate of burnished gold, spread ' over the walls in a recess of the great temple, and which, for some reason or other,...the spendthrift lost in a single night ; whence it canie to bo a proverb in Spain, Juega el Sol antes que amanezca, •' Play away the Sun before sunrise."46... | |
 | William Dalton - 1862 - 556 strani
...the walls in a recess of the great temple, and which, for some reason or other — perhaps becanse of its superior fineness — was not recast like the...in a single night; whence it came to be a proverb in Spain : Juega el Sol antes que amanezca — ' Play away the sun before sunrise.' " The effect of... | |
 | William Dalton - 1872 - 636 strani
...image of the sun, which, raised on a plate of burnished gold, spread over the walls in a recess of the great temple, and which, for some reason or other...in a single night; whence it came to be a proverb in Spain : Juega d Sol antes que amanezca — ' Play away the sun before sunrise.' " The effect of... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1874 - 560 strani
...wars, — generally on the winning side, — and survived all his old companions in arms. — El).] great temple, and which, for some reason or other,...in a single night ; whence it came to be a proverb in Spain, Juega el Sol antes que amanezca, " He plays away the Sun before sunrise."46 The effect of... | |
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Leguizano, who had received as his share of the booty the image of the Sun, which, raised on a plate of burnished gold, spread over the walls in a recess of the great temple, and which, for some reason or other, — perhaps, because of its superior fineness,—... 
