Die culturländer des alten America: bd. Ein jahr auf reisen. Kreuzfahrten zum sammelbehuf auf transatlantischen feldern der ethnologie. 1878

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Page 639 - Cum bellum civitas aut illatum defendit aut infert, magistratus, qui ei bello praesint ut vitae necisque habeant potestatem, deliguntur. In pace nullus est communis magistratus, sed principes» regionum atque pagorum inter suos ius dicunt controversiasque minuunt.
Page 304 - Nezahualcoyotl, lo que ahora tienes; con flores de este hermoso jardín, corona tus ilustres sienes; oye mi canto y lira que a darte gustos y placeres tira.
Page 602 - ... descubriesen mejor las torres pequeñas el espacio que entre las pequeñas había, por donde el sol pasaba al salir y al ponerse, era el punto de los solsticios. Las unas torres del Oriente correspondían a las otras del Poniente del solsticio vernal o hiemal.
Page 321 - At length they were discovered, and a party of soldiers being sent, the whole were seized, with the exception of one old woman, who, sooner than again be led into slavery, dashed herself to pieces from the summit of the mountain. In a Roman matron, this would have been called the noble love of freedom: in a poor negress it is mere brutal obstinacy.
Page 376 - ... symbols of a pestilent superstition, that must be extirpated. The first archbishop of Mexico, Don Juan de Zumarraga, — a name that should be as immortal as that of Omar, — collected these paintings from every quarter, especially from Tezcuco, the most cultivated capital in Auahuac, and the great depository of the national archives. He then caused them to be piled up in a "mountain-heap...
Page xiv - Cum enim non humanae constitutioni, sed divinae potius innitamur, quia potestas nostra non est ex homine, sed ex Deo, nullus qui sit sanae mentis ignorat quin ad officium nostrum spectet de quocunque mortali peccato corripere quemlibet Christianum : et si correctionem contempserit, per districtionem Ecclesiasticam coercere.
Page 559 - ... en poco; y han venido a tal rotura en ofensa de Dios estos naturales por el mal exemplo que les hemos dado en todo, que aquel...
Page 534 - Nacht ein Auspeitschen der Hexen vorgenommen ; die Burschen versammeln sich nach Sonnenuntergang auf einer Anhöhe, besonders an Kreuzwegen, und peitschen bis Mitternacht kreuzweis im Tact ; soweit das Knallen gehört wird, sind alle Hexen machtlos...
Page 347 - Perú, que está, por noticia que hay, pasado el golfo y travesía del mar de la otra parte; y porque para hacer la dicha conquista y jornada y navios y gente y bastimento y otras cosas que son necesarias, no lo podemos hacer por no tener dinero y posibilidad tanta cuanta es menester; y vos el dicho...
Page 595 - The children of the Indians are always distinguished by the name of the mother; and if a woman marries several husbands, and has issue by each of them, they are called after her. The reason they give for this is, that as their offspring are indebted to the father for their souls, the invisible part of their essence, and to the mother for their corporeal and apparent part...

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