 | 1851 - 638 sidor
...intermarrying with anv persons but those of their own caste, these Kaunas had dwindled down to a few individuals, diminutive in stature, and imbecile in...nevertheless held in high veneration and affection by the Iximayan community — perhaps as specimens of an antique race nearly extinct. Their ancient residence... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1854 - 510 sidor
...inviolably sacred laws, from intermarrying with any persons but those of their own caste, they had dwindled down in the course of many centuries, to...position, as an order of priesthood, it is now known, had n ot been higher, for many ages, if ever, than that of religious mimes and bacchanals in a certain... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1855 - 538 sidor
...inviolably sacred laws, from intermarrying with any persons but those of their own caste, they had dwindled down in the course of many centuries, to...nevertheless, held in high veneration and affection by tho whole Iximayan community, probably as living specimens of an antique race so nearly extinct. Their... | |
 | Pedro Velasquez - 1860 - 58 sidor
...down, in the course of many centuries, to a few insignificant individuals, diminutive in 30 stature. They were, nevertheless, held in high veneration and affection by the whole Ixiniayan community, probably as living specimens of an antique race nearly extinct. Their position... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1854 - 506 sidor
...inviolably sacred laws, from intermarrying with any persons but those of their own caste, they had dwindled down in the course of many centuries, to...many ages, if ever, than that of religious mimes and b;icc!i;malf in a certain class of pagan ceremonies, highly popular with the multitude." Shown, unannounced,... | |
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They were, nevertheless, held in high veneration and affection by the whole Iximayan community, probably as living specimens of an antique race so nearly extinct. Their position, as an order of priesthood, it is now known, had not been higher, for many... 