The parties closed with the desperate fury of men who had no hope but in victory. Quarter was neither asked nor given ; and to fly was impossible. The edge of the area was unprotected by parapet or battlement. The least slip would be fatal ; and the combatants,... Travellers and Explorers - Page 2341903 - 607 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1769 - 384 pages
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| William Hickling Prescott - 1843 - 480 pages
...darkness urging on the work of slaughter! The parties closed with the desperate fury of men who had no hope but in victory. Quarter was neither asked...given ; and to fly was impossible. The edge of the area was unprotected by parapet or battlement. The least slip would be fatal; and the combatants, as... | |
| 1844 - 804 pages
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| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...darkness urging on the work ol slaughter. The parties closed with the desperate fun omen who had nu hope but in victory. Quarter was neither asked nor...given ; and to fly was impossible. The edge of the area was unprotected by parapet or battlement The Iea«t slip wouM be fatal ; and tne combatants, as... | |
| William Gilmore Simms - 1845 - 448 pages
...combatants. It was paved with broad flat stones. The edge of the area was without parapet or battlement. " Quarter was neither asked nor given ; and to fly was impossible. The least slip would be fatal ; and the combatants, as they struggled in mortal agony, were sometimes seen... | |
| William Hickling Prescott - 1850 - 440 pages
...urging on the work of slaughter ! The parties closed with the desperate fury of men who had no hope hut in victory. Quarter was neither asked nor given ; and to fly was impossible. The edge of the area was unprotected by parapet or battlement. The least slip would be fatal ; and the combatants,... | |
| 1872 - 556 pages
...darkness urging on the work of slaughter. The parties closed with the desperate fury of men who had no hope but in victory. Quarter was neither asked...given ; and to fly was impossible. The edge of the area was unprotected by parapet or battlement. The least slip would be fatal ; and the combatants,... | |
| Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - 262 pages
...SUMMIT or A TEOCALLI, OR TEStri/E-PrRAMiD. " The parties closed with the desperate fury of men who had no hope but in victory. Quarter was neither asked...given ; and to fly was impossible. The edge of the area was unprotected by parapet or battlement. The least slip would be fatal; and the combatants, as... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 pages
...Free America. STOSMING THE TEMPLE OF MEXICO. THE parties closed with the desperate fury of men who had no hope but in victory. Quarter was neither asked nor given ; and to fly WES impossible. The edge of the area was unprotected by parapet or battlement. The least slip would... | |
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