 | Henry Brown - 1844 - 524 sidor
..."IIere,'' says Stephens, "were the remains of a cultivated, polished, and peculiar people, who have passed through all the stages incident to the rise...them with the human family were severed and lost, and those were the only memorials of their footsteps upon earth. We lived in' the ruined palace of their... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1874 - 544 sidor
...their original energy had already vanished. " Here," says Mr. Stephens, by the ruins of Palenque, " here were the remains of a cultivated, polished, and...their golden age, and perished, entirely unknown." * Those ruins were visited again three years ago by Captain Lindesay Brine, RN He confirms Mr. Stephens'... | |
 | 1851 - 980 sidor
...Schlüsse fügt er folgende Bemerkung bei : Wbat we had before our eyes waa grand, curious and remarkable. Here were the remains of a cultivated, polished, and peculiar people, who had passed trongh all tbe slages iucident to the rise and fall of nations; reached their golden age, and perished... | |
 | William Linton - 1862 - 174 sidor
...built, as most private dwellings were among the ancients, of materials too perishable to endure. " Here were the remains of a cultivated, polished, and...their golden age, and perished ; entirely unknown we lived in the ruined palace of their kings ; we went up to their desolate temples and fallen altars... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1862 - 532 sidor
...theories subsequently made to harmonize with Morton's Typical American Race.2 At Palenque he recognised the remains of a cultivated, polished, and peculiar...of nations, reached their golden age and perished, without even a tradition of their name surviving. Cortes, in his march from Mexico to Honduras, by... | |
 | sir Daniel Wilson - 1865 - 1014 sidor
...theories subsequently made to harmonize with Morton's Typical American Race.1 At Palenque he recognised the remains of a cultivated, polished, and peculiar...of nations, reached their golden age and perished, without even a tradition of their name surviving. Cortes, in his march from Mexico to Honduras, by... | |
 | Estelle Anna LEWIS - 1866 - 490 sidor
...roach of intellect. * * * " What we had before our eyes was grand, curious, and remarkable enough. Hero were the remains of a cultivated, polished, and peculiar...the human family were severed and lost, and these wore the only memorials of their footsteps upon earth. We lived in the ruined palace of their kings... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1874 - 556 sidor
...their original energy had already vanished. " Here," says Mr. Stephens, by the ruins of Palenque, " here were the remains of a cultivated, polished, and...their golden age, and perished, entirely unknown." * Those ruins were visited again three years ago by Captain Lindesay Brine, RN He confirms Mr. Stephens'... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1874 - 550 sidor
...their original energy had already vanished. " Here," says Mr. Stephens, by the ruins of Palenque, " here were the remains of a cultivated, polished, and...their golden age, and perished, entirely unknown." * Those ruins were visited again three years ago by Captain Lindesay Brine, RN He confirms Mr. Stephens'... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1875 - 832 sidor
...a much stronger influence of the white races. In Charnay, Ruines Amir., pp. 32, 45, 97, 103, etc. ' Here were the remains of a cultivated, polished, and...incident to the rise and fall of nations; reached their gulden age, and perished, entirely unknown. The links which connected them with the human family were... | |
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Here were the remains of a cultivated, polished, and peculiar people, who had passed through all the stages incident to the rise and fall of nations ; reached their golden age, and perished, entirely unknown. The links which connected them with the human... 
