Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1841 - 4 páginas |
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Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Volume 1 John Lloyd Stephens Visualização completa - 1841 |
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Volume 1 John L. Stephens Visualização completa - 1841 |
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Página 150 - I shall not pretend to convey any idea. Often the imagination was pained in gazing at them. The tone which pervades the ruins is that of deep solemnity. An imaginative mind might be infected with superstitious feelings. From constantly calling them by that name in our intercourse with the Indians, we regarded these solemn memorials as ' idols ' — deified kings and heroes — objects of adoration and ceremonial worship.
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