Treasure-house

Mrs. Shelley contributed for many years to the annuals, then in their full bloom, and her graceful tales were collected and published in 1891 as a volume of the "Treasure-house of Tales by Great Authors."

Biography in the DNB 2010

Treasure-house beyond; and they were in such haste to be quit of us, that they also might seek safety in the temple, that they scarce waited to close the grating behind us before they sped away.

The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier

The Treasure-house was also the Great Temple; and of the treasure only the Priest Captain had accurate knowledge.

The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier

They said that there was a walled city, an 'there it is; they said that there was a big Treasure-house, an' there _that_ is.

The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier

Treasure-house, in which was stored not only the treasure placed there in long past ages by King Chaltzantzin, but also the treasure belonging to the State and to the temple that had been accumulated in later times.

The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier

Captain, and whence we had been delivered from imprisonment by Tizoc's gallant rescue of us; but, passing a little beyond this house, we were led up a broad stair-way to the plateau which crowned the city, and on which stood the great Treasure-house that also was the temple in which the Aztlanecas housed their most venerated gods.

The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier

This is th 'Treasure-house, for sure, an' it'll be some satisfaction t 'see what it amounts to.

The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier

In the heart of the city, he said, was the Treasure-house that Chaltzantzin had builded there; and within it the treasure remained that Chaltzantzin had stored away.

The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier

There was no need for me to question Tizoc; for I knew that what I beheld before me, crowning with sombre grandeur this strange city, girded with such prodigious walls, was the Treasure-house that Chaltzantzin, the Aztec

The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier

Fortunately, the shipment of hardened gold that we had intercepted -- by landing at the pier whence in a few hours it would have been despatched to the Treasure-house -- gave us a good supply of raw material out of which spear-heads, and the heads of darts, and swords could be made; and night and day the forges blazed in Huitzilan while the manufacture of these weapons went on.

The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier