 ... the monument. On the first landing, as well as on the several galleries above, and on the summit, the Aztec warriors were drawn up to dispute his passage. From their elevated position they showered down volleys of lighter missiles, together with heavy...  Travellers and Explorers - Page 2341903 - 607 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...showered down volleys of lighter missiles, together with heavy stones, beams, and burning ralters, which thundering along the stairway, overturned the...obstacles, succeeded in gaining the first terrace, where, throwing themselves on their enemies, they compelled them after a short resistance, to fall back. The... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...passage. From their elevated position they showered down volleys of lighter missiles, together with heavy stones, beams, and burning rafters, which, thundering...obstacles, succeeded in gaining the first terrace, where, throwing themselves on their enemies, they compelled them, after a short resistance, to fall back.... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 pages
...passage. From their elevated position they » no were d down volleys of lighter missiles, together with heavy stones, beams, and burning rafters, which, thundering...obstacles, succeeded in gaining the first terrace, where, throwing themselves on their enemies, they compelled them, after a short resistance, to fall back.... | |
 | Ellis Charles Mackie - 1885 - 228 pages
...passage. From their elevated position they showered down volleys of lighter missiles, together with heavy stones, beams, and burning rafters, which, thundering...obstacles, succeeded in gaining the first terrace, where, throwing themselves on their enemies, they compelled them, after a short resistance, to fall back.... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - 1888 - 420 pages
...passage. From their elevated position they showered down volleys of lighter missiles, together with heavy stones, beams and burning rafters, which, thundering...obstacles, succeeded in gaining the first terrace, where, throwing themselves on their enemies, they compelled them, after a short resistance, to fall back.... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 452 pages
...passage. From their elevated position they showered down volleys of lighter missiles, together with heavy stones, beams and burning rafters, which, thundering...obstacles, succeeded in gaining the first terrace, where, throwing themselves on their enemies, they compelled them, after a short resistance, to fall back.... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - 1895 - 452 pages
...passage. From their elevated position they showered down volleys of lighter missiles, together with heavy stones, beams, and burning rafters, which, thundering...Spaniards, and carried desolation through their ranks. 2. The more fortunate, 'eluding or springing over these -obstacles, succeeded in gaining the first... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - 1895 - 450 pages
...passage. From their elevated position they showered down volleys of lighter missiles, together with heavy stones, beams, and burning rafters, which, thundering...Spaniards, and carried desolation through their ranks. 2. The more fortunate, eluding or springing over these obstacles, succeeded in gaining the first terrace... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1898 - 524 pages
...passage. From their elevated position they showered down volleys of lighter missiles, together with heavy stones, beams, and burning rafters, which, thundering...obstacles, succeeded in gaining the first terrace ; where, throwing themselves on their enemies, they compelled them, after a short resistance, to fall back.... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida Catherine Bender, Ida C. Bender - 1900 - 530 pages
...passage. From their elevated position they showered down volleys of lighter missiles, together with heavy stones, beams, and burning rafters, which, thundering...obstacles, succeeded in gaining the first terrace ; where, throwing themselves on their enemies, they compelled s them after a short resistance to fall back.... | |
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