 | 1916
...forces where the Sultan and Armato were chief. Chapjer CLVII begins in this wise : Know ye that at the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to that part of the Terrestrial Paradise, which was inhabited by black women without a single... | |
 | Charles Montville Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan - 1917
...furnished the name "California," expressly states that it is an island, for in chapter 157 it is said: "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is...them, because they were accustomed to live after the manner of Amazons. They were of strong and hardened bodies of ardent courage and great force. The island... | |
 | Michael Williams - 1918 - 350 strani
...too, leaving it to others to actualize his spiritual conquest. Listen to what he says: — "Know then, that on the right hand of the Indies, there is an island called California, very close to the Terrestrial Paradise. . . ." (No Calif ornian will gainsay this description of place,... | |
 | Delilah Leontium Beasley - 1919 - 317 strani
...words show Cervante's estimate of it as early as 1605. CHAPTER CLVII. LA SERGA8 DE ESPLADIAN "Know ye that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near the Terrestrial Paradise which is peopled with black women without any men among them, because they... | |
 | Owen Cochran Coy - 1919 - 381 strani
...persisted until it became a tremendous reality in January, 1848, just on the eve of American annexation. "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among... | |
 | Herbert Eugene Bolton - 1921 - 320 strani
...his two brother monks — the first unarmed mission of the Church upon the soil of the United States. "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among... | |
 | 1889
...Esplandian was attached. Hittell (Vol I, p. 51) transcribes a passage from the romance, which reads thus " Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is...paradise, which was peopled with black women without any man amongst them, because they were accustomed to live after the fashion of Amazons. They were of strong... | |
 | 1923
..."Amadis of Gaul." The passage that contains the first mention of the name "California" reads as follows: "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is...near to the terrestrial paradise, which was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they were accustomed to live after the manner of Amazons.... | |
 | Mrs. A. S. C. Forbes - 1925 - 392 strani
...Adventures of Esplandian) the first time the paragraph reads as follows : "Know," the Sergas says, "that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among... | |
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