 | William Robertson - America - 1780 - 570 pages
...lamentations and complaints. His attendants, fpeechlefs with horror, fell at his feet, bathing them with their tears ; and bearing up the fetters in their hands, endeavoured ' with officious tendernefs to lighten their preflure. Nor did their grief and defpondency abate, until Cortes returned... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1800 - 496 pages
...endeavoured with officious tendernefs to lighten their preffure. Nor did their grief and defpondency abate, until Cortes returned from the execution, and...ordered the fetters to be taken off. As Montezuma's fpirits had funk, with unmanly dejection, they now rofe into indecent joy ; and with an unbecoming... | |
 | William Robertson - 1803 - 454 pages
...endeavoured with oft ficious tendernefs to lighten their preflure. Nor did their grief and defpondency abate, until Cortes returned from the execution, and...ordered the fetters to be taken off. As Montezuma's fpirits had funk with unmanly dejedlion, they now rofe into indecent joy ; and with an unbecoming tranfition,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1804 - 432 pages
...lamentations and complaint. His attendants, struck with horror, fell at his feet, bathing them with their tears ; and, bearing up the fetters in their hands, endeavoured, with officious •.enderness, to lighten their pressure. Nor did their AiMERIC.t. 12gf their grief abate, until Cortes... | |
 | Richard Snowden - America - 1805 - 398 pages
...their pressure. When Cortes returned from the execution, he appeared with a cheerful countenance ; and ordered the fetters to be taken off. As Montezuma's...spirits had sunk with unmanly dejection, they now rose to indecent exultation, and he passed at once from the anguish of despair, to transports of joy and... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1805 - 410 pages
...with horror, fell at his feet, bathing them with their tears ; and, bearing up the fetters in tlr:ir hands, endeavoured, with officious tenderness, to lighten their pressure. Nor did their grief abate, until Cortes returned from the execution, and with a cheerful countenance ordered the fetters... | |
 | Richard Snowden - America - 1806 - 392 pages
...returned from 'the execution, Le appeared with a cheerful countenance ; end ordered the fetters lo be taken off. As Montezuma's spirits had sunk with unmanly dejection, they now rose to indecent exaltation, and he_ passed at once from the anguish of desp.ar, to transports of joy and... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1806 - 398 pages
...tenderness, io lighten their pressure. Nor did * titelr gr'ef abate, until Cortes returned from thd execution and with a cheerful countenance ordered the fetters to be taken off. The rigour with which Cortes punished the unhappy persons who first presumed to lay violent hands upon... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1809 - 392 pages
...lamentations and complaints. His attendants, speechless with horror, fell at his feet, bathing them with their tears ; and bearing up the fetters in their hands,...pressure. Nor did their grief and despondency abate until Corte* returned from the execution, and with » cheerful conntenance ordered the fetters to be taken... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1812 - 564 pages
...grief and despondeney abate, until Cortes returned from the exeeution, and with a eheerful eountenanee ordered the fetters to be taken off. As Montezuma's spirits had sunk with unmanly dejeetion, they now rose into indeeent joy ; and with an unbeeoming transition, he passed at onee from... | |
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The disconsolate monarch, trained up with an idea that his person was sacred and inviolable, and considering this profanation of it as the prelude of immediate death, broke out into loud lamentations and complaints. His attendants, speechless with horror,... 
