The Lusiad, Or, The Discovery of India: An Epic Poem, Translated from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoëns, with a Life of the PoetGeorge Bell, 1889 - 358 sidor This poem, written in Homeric style, focuses on a fantastical interpretation of the Portuguese voyages of discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. |
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Sida xvii
... hand the pen , and one the sword employ'd . " The fame of his valour had now reached the Court , and he obtained permission to return to Lisbon . But while he solicited an estab- lishment which he had merited in the ranks of battle ...
... hand the pen , and one the sword employ'd . " The fame of his valour had now reached the Court , and he obtained permission to return to Lisbon . But while he solicited an estab- lishment which he had merited in the ranks of battle ...
Sida xviii
... hand , while he swam with the other , were all he found himself possessed of when he stood friendless on the unknown shore . But the natives gave him a most humane reception ; this he has im- Castera tells us , " that posterity by no ...
... hand , while he swam with the other , were all he found himself possessed of when he stood friendless on the unknown shore . But the natives gave him a most humane reception ; this he has im- Castera tells us , " that posterity by no ...
Sida xxvi
... hands all the management of the voyage . So incongruous a machinery casts a blemish upon the whole poem ; yet it shows at the same time how prevailing are its beauties since the Portuguese like it with all its faults . ” The Lusiad ...
... hands all the management of the voyage . So incongruous a machinery casts a blemish upon the whole poem ; yet it shows at the same time how prevailing are its beauties since the Portuguese like it with all its faults . ” The Lusiad ...
Sida xxxii
... hands , not only infuse the energy , elegance , and fire of his author's poetry into his own version , but will give it also the spirit of an original . He who can construe may perform all that is claimed by the literal translator . He ...
... hands , not only infuse the energy , elegance , and fire of his author's poetry into his own version , but will give it also the spirit of an original . He who can construe may perform all that is claimed by the literal translator . He ...
Sida xxxiii
... hands of the world . tion dull and tiresome . Several allusions to ancient history and fable have for this reason been abridged ; e.g. in the prayer of GAMA ( Book 6 ) the mention of Paul , " thou who deliveredst Paul and defendest him ...
... hands of the world . tion dull and tiresome . Several allusions to ancient history and fable have for this reason been abridged ; e.g. in the prayer of GAMA ( Book 6 ) the mention of Paul , " thou who deliveredst Paul and defendest him ...
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