Sentences with phrase «valiant band»

In the traditional story of the conquest of Mexico, as told by the conquistadors themselves, the brilliant strategist Hernando Cortés and a small, valiant band of Spanish conquistadors marched into the capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan (where Mexico City now stands), on November 8, 1519.

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The African - American spiritual songs contain imagery reflecting this notion of the sent and the sender: «Swing low, sweet chariot, comin» for to carry me home; a band of angels Comin» after me, comin» for to carry me home»; or «Oh Lord, I want some valiant soldier to help me bear the cross.»
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