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of November, Montezuma's beautiful city of Mexico
was reached by Cortes and his Spanish army. With
beating hearts they gathered under their banners,
th eir trumpets soundi ng, their eyes straining over the
gorgeous sight that met the ir view. The sacred
flames on the altars, dimly seen through th e grey
mists of th e morning, showed the site of temples and
towers. The palace was soon revealed in t he glorious
morning sunshine, as it pour ed over th e wondrous
valley.
9. Mexico was one of the most beautiful cities of
t he world. Situated on a great salt lake, but sligh tly
divided from a large fresh-water lake, the city seemed
to sit upon th e waters with her diadems of gleaming
towers, her expanse of flowery meadows, her eircle of
mountains all reflected in the innumera ble mirrors
fra med by her courts, her palaces, her temp les. No
wonder th e Spaniards looked with envy OIl the fair
city ; no wonder they eoveted th e boundless wealth of
this newly-discovered kingdom.
maize ad-vent-iir-ers splen-dours gor-geous
ack-nowl-edged ex-plor-er am-bas-sa-dors di-a-dems
rev-er-enced proph-e-cy tyr-an~ni-cal in-nu-mer-a-ble
pas-sion ccn-grat-u-la-tions cour-te-ous-ly cov-et-ed
" ' ORD EXERCISE :-
J. )Iake sentences showing various uses of the words principal and
principle.
2. Sho w by examples th e similarity and th e difference in mean ing of
the words rise, raise, and rouse.
3. Give a list of words similar in meanin g to boundless, and show
th e force of th eir different parts.
For N OTES , Bee paye 265.