 | 1801 - 734 pàgines
...approachable only by caufcw»ys, whereon were feveral bridges, the breaking of one of which effectually cu: off our retreat. And now let who can, tell me,...this world to be found except ourfelves, who would hav« hazarded fuch an attempt ? " When we arrived at a place where a fmall caufeway turns off, which... | |
 | Bernal Díaz del Castillo - 1803 - 360 pàgines
...only by caufeways, whereon were feveral bridges, the breaking of one of which would effectually cut off our retreat. And now let who can, tell me, where...an attempt. • When we arrived at a place where a fmull caufeway turns off, which goes to the city of Cuyoacan, we were met by a great number of the... | |
 | Thomas Francis Gordon - 1832 - 380 pàgines
...machinations of their enemies. In this situation we can readily pardon the vanity of Diaz when he exclaims, " And now, let who can, tell me, where are men in this world to be found, except ourselves, who would have hazarded such an attempt?" XXIV. From the point of Xoloc, the army resumed... | |
 | William Dalton - 1862 - 556 pàgines
...one of which would effectually cut off our retreat. And now," he adds, with a pardonable boasting, " let who can, tell me where are men in this world to be found, except ourselves, who have hazarded such an attempt." Truly this brave little band had some canse to quake... | |
 | William Dalton - 1872 - 636 pàgines
...one of which would effectually cut off our retreat. And now," he adds, with a pardonable boasting, "let who can, tell me where are men in this world to be found, except ourselves, who have hazarded such an attempt." Truly this brave little band had some cause to quake... | |
 | Bernal Díaz del Castillo - 1927 - 604 pàgines
...approachable only by causeways, whereon were several bridges, the breaking of one of which effectually cut off our retreat. And now let who can, tell me, where are men in this world to be found except ourselves, who would have hazarded such an attempt? When we arrived at a place where a small causeway... | |
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... four hundred and fifty, we had perfectly in our recollection the accounts we had received on our march, that we were to be put to death on our arrival in the city which we now faw before us, approachable only by caufeways, whereon were feveral bridges,... 