 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal - 1875 - 182 pages
...and prostrating themselves before it, returned thanks to God for conducting their voyage to such a happy issue. They then took solemn possession of the...observe in acts of this kind in their new discoveries^ — Robert sorts History of America. 1 10. THE WISE OWL. 'Oh,' said an old owl, who sat on a tree,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...thanks to God for conducting their voyage to such a happy issue. They then took solemn possession of tho country for the crown of Castile and Leon, with all...observe in acts of this kind in their new discoveries. Tho Spaniards, while thus employed, were surrounded by many of the natives, who gazed in silent admiration... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 268 pages
...and prostrating themselves before it, returned thanks to God for conducting their voyage to such a happy issue. They then took solemn possession of the...crown of Castile and Leon, with all the formalities vhich the Portuguese were accustomed to observe in acts of this kind in their new discoveries. The... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1878 - 450 pages
...and prostrating themselves before it, returned thanks to God for conducting their voyage to such a happy issue. They then took solemn possession of the...observe in acts of this kind, in their new discoveries. 3. The Spaniards, while thus employed, were surrounded by many of the natives, who gazed, in silent... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1879 - 234 pages
...crucifix, and prostrating themselves before it returned thanks to God for conducting their voyage to such a happy issue. They then took solemn possession of the...formalities which the Portuguese were accustomed to observe. They then took notice of the scene around them, and were astonished at all they saw. Every herb and... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1880 - 558 pages
...and prostrating themselves before it, returned thanks to God for conducting their voyage to such a happy issue. They then took solemn possession of the...Portuguese were accustomed to observe in acts of this kind Ui their new discoveries. CHAPTER IX. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Bora 1728 AD... Died 1774 AJ>. A gentle heart.... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1881 - 368 pages
...and prostrating themselves before it, returned thanks to God for conducting their voyage to such a happy issue. They then took solemn possession of the...The Spaniards, while thus employed, were surrounded 15 by many of the natives, who gazed in silent admiration upon actions which they could not comprehend,... | |
 | Granville series - 1881 - 376 pages
...and, kneeling down, they all kissed the ground whicb they had so long desired to see. They then took possession of the country for the crown of Castile and Leon with all the formalities which it was customary to observe in acts of this kind. 15. The Spaniards, while thus employed, were surrounded... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1881 - 842 pages
...t!K>msj,\ u-.ure it, retnrncd thanks to God for condactiug their voyage to Mjcfa • hnppv i.*:-m\ They then took solemn possession of the country for the crown of Castll .' n:id Leon, with all the formalities which tho Portuguese- were accustomed to observe ii act*... | |
 | World - 1884 - 560 pages
...men followed, and kneeling down, they all kissed the ground which they had so long desired to see. They next erected a crucifix, and prostrating themselves...in acts of this kind, in their new discoveries. The natives crowded round them. They were shy at first through fear, but soon became familiar with the... | |
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... discovered. He landed in a rich dress, and with a naked sword in his hand. His men followed, and, kneeling down, they all kissed the ground which they had so long desired to see. They next erected a crucifix, and prostrating themselves before it,... 
