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 xi
... the love of ladies ; but now I am a for- lorn , deserted wretch . See - there stands my poor Antonio , * The Maekhaun , or Camboja . - Ed . vainly supplicating fourpence to purchase a little coals- I have EDITOR'S PREFACE . xi.
... the love of ladies ; but now I am a for- lorn , deserted wretch . See - there stands my poor Antonio , * The Maekhaun , or Camboja . - Ed . vainly supplicating fourpence to purchase a little coals- I have EDITOR'S PREFACE . xi.
Sida xxvi
... stand by this fiction nothing but the satisfaction which the virtuous man feels , and the glory which accrues to him , by the practice of virtue ; but the best excuse for such an invention is the charming style in which it is delivered ...
... stand by this fiction nothing but the satisfaction which the virtuous man feels , and the glory which accrues to him , by the practice of virtue ; but the best excuse for such an invention is the charming style in which it is delivered ...
Sida xlii
... stand accused , much was left for the humanity of the more exalted policy of an Albuquerque , or a Castro . And under such European governors as these , the distresses of the East have often been alleviated by a generosity of conduct ...
... stand accused , much was left for the humanity of the more exalted policy of an Albuquerque , or a Castro . And under such European governors as these , the distresses of the East have often been alleviated by a generosity of conduct ...
Sida lix
... standing out to sea the current might be avoided . To pass this formidable Cape was the commission of Zarco and Vaz , who were also ordered to survey the African coast , which , according to the information given to Henry by the Moors ...
... standing out to sea the current might be avoided . To pass this formidable Cape was the commission of Zarco and Vaz , who were also ordered to survey the African coast , which , according to the information given to Henry by the Moors ...
Sida lxii
... stand the first on the list of those names whose villainies have disgraced the spirit of commerce , and afforded the loudest com- plaints against the progress of navigation . Dissatisfied with the value of his cargo , he seized twenty ...
... stand the first on the list of those names whose villainies have disgraced the spirit of commerce , and afforded the loudest com- plaints against the progress of navigation . Dissatisfied with the value of his cargo , he seized twenty ...
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