 Throughout the country the convents are rich in manuscripts and documents written by the early fathers, caciques, and Indians, who very soon acquired the knowledge of Spanish and the art of writing. These have never been examined with the slightest reference...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Página 311editado por - 1854Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1842 - 592 páginas
...every appearance of being a written language. We are not so sanguine as our author when he says, ' I cannot ' help believing that the tablets of hieroglyphics will yet be read ;' and still less do we expect that, if they were deciphered, his conjecture with regard to Copan will... | |
 | John L. Stephens - 1841 - 722 páginas
...documents written by the early fathers, caciques, and Indians, who very soon acquired the knowledge of Spanish and the art of writing. These have never...will yet be read. No strong curiosity has hitherto been directed to them ; vigour and acuteness of intellect, knowledge and learning, have never been... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1842 - 660 páginas
...documents, written by the early fathers, caciques, and Indians, who very soon acquired the knowledge of Spanish and the art of writing. These have never been examined with the slightest reference to the subject ; and I cannot help thinking that some precious memorial is now mouldering in the library... | |
 | 1854 - 796 páginas
...read ; allegory, that shall be interpreted ; fable, that must be applied. In another place he says, " I cannot help believing that the tablets of hieroglyphics will yet be read. For centuries the hieroglyphics of Egypt were inscrutable, and, though not perhaps in our day, I feel... | |
 | University magazine - 1854 - 790 páginas
...read ; allegory, that shall be interpreted ; fable, that must be applied. In another place he says, " I cannot help believing that the tablets of hieroglyphics will yet be read. For centuries the hieroglyphics of Egypt were inscrutable, and, though not perhaps in our day, I feel... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1862 - 524 páginas
...documents written by the early fathers, caciques, and Indians, who very soon acquired the knowledge of Spanish and the art of writing. These have never...will yet be read. No strong curiosity has hitherto been directed to them ; vigourjmd acuteness of intellect, knowledge and learning, have never I ••on... | |
 | sir Daniel Wilson - 1865 - 1014 páginas
...documents written by the early fathers, caciques, and Indians, who very soon acquired the knowledge of Spanish and the art of writing. These have never...the tablets of hieroglyphics will yet be read. No XVHI.] Anticipations of Future Discoveries. 381 strong curiosity has hitherto been directed to them... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1865 - 686 páginas
...documents written by the early fathers, caciques, and Indians, who very soon acquired the knowledge of Spanish and the art of writing. These have never...the tablets of hieroglyphics will yet be read. No xvm.] Anticipations of Future Discoveries. 381 strong curiosity has hitherto been directed j» them... | |
 | John Fiske - 1892 - 578 páginas
...documents written by the early fathers, caciques, and Indians, who very soon acquired the knowledge of Spanish and the art of writing. These have never...mouldering in the library of a neighbouring convent, which uvuld determine the, history of some one of these ruined cities." Vol. ii. p. 466. The italicizing,... | |
 | John Fiske - 1902 - 456 páginas
...documents written by the early fathers, caciques, and Indians, who very soon acquired the knowledge of Spanish and the art of writing. These have never...the history of some one of these ruined cities.'" Vol. ii. p. 456. The italicizing, of course, is mine. in common, and there was an essential similarity... | |
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