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History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the Civilization ... - Page 252
by William Hickling Prescott - 1847 - 650 pages
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1847 - 796 pages
...might, after all, elude them ; and some of the cavaliers made a desperate attempt to end the affray at once by taking Atahuallpa's life. But Pizarro,...men, — the only wound received by a Spaniard in the action. ' The struggle now became fiercer than ever round the royal litter. It reeled more and more,...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 22; Volume 86

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1847 - 806 pages
...might, after all, elude them ; and some of the cavaliers made a desperate attempt to end the affray at once by taking Atahuallpa's life. But Pizarro,...men, — the only wound received by a Spaniard in the action. ' The struggle now became fiercer than ever round the royal litter. If reeled more and more,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 81

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1847 - 580 pages
...might, after all, elude them ; and some of the cavaliers made a desperate attempt to end the affray at once by taking Atahuallpa's life. But Pizarro,...men — the only wound received by a Spaniard in the action. ' The struggle now became fiercer than ever round the royal litter. It reeled more and more,...
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The North American Review, Volume 65

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1847 - 550 pages
...might, after all, elude them ; and some of the cavaliers made a desperate attempt to end the affray at once by taking Atahuallpa's life. But Pizarro,...the Inca ' ; and, stretching out his arm to shield vOL. Lxv. — No. 137. 34 him, received a wound on the hand from one of his own men, — the only wound...
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The North American Review, Volume 65

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1847 - 546 pages
...might, after all, elude them ; and some of the cavaliers made a desperate attempt to end the affray at once by taking Atahuallpa's life. But Pizarro,...the Inca ' ; and, stretching out his arm to shield vOL. Lxv. — No. 137. 34 him, received a wound on the hand from one of his own men, — the only wound...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 14

American periodicals - 1847 - 640 pages
...and some of the cavaliers made a desperate attempt to end the affray at once by taking Atahualpa's life. But Pizarro, who was nearest his person, called...inca ;' and, stretching out his arm to shield him, he received a wound on his hand from one of his own men — the only wound received by a Spaniard in...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 12

American periodicals - 1847 - 610 pages
...person, called out veith stentorian voice, ' Let no one, who value», his life, strike at the Inca j ' and, stretching out his arm to shield him, received...men — the only wound received by a Spaniard in the action. " Th« struggle new beeame fiercer than ever round the royal litter. It reeled more and more,...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 2

Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...them ; and some of the cavaheis made a desperate effort to end the affray at once by taking AtahuaDpis life. But Pizarro, who was nearest his person, called...voice, " Let no one, who values his life, strike at the Inea ; " aaL stretching out his arm to shield him, received a wound on the hand from one of his own...
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The Dublin review, Volume 23

1847 - 560 pages
...prize might after all elude them, and some of the cavaliers made a desperate attempt to end the affray at once by taking Atahuallpa's life. But Pizarro, who was nearest his person, called out with a stentorian voice, ' Let no one who values his life strike at the Inca ;' and stretching out his arm...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 2

Half hours - 1856 - 358 pages
...might, after all, elude them ; and some of the cavaliers made a desperate effort to end the affray at once by taking Atahuallpa's life. But Pizarro,...men — the only wound received by a Spaniard in the action. The struggle now became fiercer than ever round the royal litter. It reeled more and more,...
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