 ... not throw too much heat, screens, ornamented with gold, and painted with figures of idols, were placed before them. Montezuma was seated on a low throne, or chair, at a table proportioned to THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE the height of his seat.  Mexico: The Country, History, and People - Page 501863 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 560 pages
...practised in his palace. At his meals, in the cold weather, a number of torches of the bark of a wood which makes no smoke, and has an aromatic smell, were...chair, at a table proportioned to the height of his seal. The table was covered with white cloths and napkins, and four beautiful women presented him with... | |
 | Bernal Díaz del Castillo - Mexico - 1803 - 360 pages
...fmoke and has an aromatic fmell, were lighted, and that they mould not throw too much heat, fcreens, ornamented with gold, and painted with figures of idols, were placed before them. Montezuma was feated on a low throne, or chair, at a table proportioned to the height of his feat. The table was... | |
 | Brantz Mayer - Mexico - 1844 - 478 pages
...practiced in his palace. At his meals, in the cold weather, a number of torches of the bark of a wood which makes no smoke, and has an aromatic smell, were...Montezuma was seated on a low throne or chair, at a table propor. tionecl to the height of his seat. The table was covered with white cloths and napkins, and... | |
 | Brantz Mayer - Mexico - 1847 - 484 pages
...practiced in his palace. At his meals, in the cold weather, a number of torches of the bark of a wood which makes no smoke, and has an aromatic smell, were lighted; and, that they should not throw t«o much heat, screens, ornamented with gold and painted with figures of idols, were nlaced before... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 850 pages
...peculiar to the country. At his meals, in the cold weather, a number of torches of the bark of a wood which makes no smoke, and has an aromatic smell, were lighted ; and, that they might not throw too much heat, screens ornamented with gold, and painted with figures of idols, were... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - History - 1856 - 460 pages
...bark of a wood which makes no smoke, and has an aromatic smell, were lighted; and, that they might not throw too much heat, screens, ornamented with...low throne or chair, at a table- proportioned to the hight of his seat. The table was covered with white cloths and napkins, and four beautiful women presented... | |
 | W. O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...peculiar to the country. At his meals, in the cold weather, a number of torches of the bark of a wood which makes no smoke, and has an aromatic smell, were lighted ; and, that they might not throw too much heat, screens ornamented with gold, and painted with figures of idols, were... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1861 - 452 pages
...peculiar to the country. At his meals, in the cold weather, a number of torches of the bark of a wood which makes no smoke, and has an aromatic smell, were lighted; and, that they might not throw too much heat, screens, ornamented with gold, and painted with figures of idols, were... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 268 pages
...peculiar to the country. At his meals, in the cold weather, a number of torches of the bark of a wood which makes no smoke, and has an aromatic smell, were lighted; and, that they might not throw too much heat, screens ornamented with gold, and painted with figures of idols, were... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1871 - 530 pages
...peculiar to the country. At his meals, in the cold weather, a number of torches of the bark of a wood which makes no smoke, and has an aromatic smell, were lighted; and, that they might not throw too much heat, screens ornamented with gold, and painted with figures of idols, were... | |
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