The Lusiad, Or, The Discovery of India: An Epic Poem, Translated from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoëns, with a Life of the PoetThis 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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Page xvii
... East would awaken the remembrance of his native fields . When Camoëns arrived in India , an expedition was ready to sail to revenge the King of Cochin on the King of Pimenta . With- out any rest on shore after his long voyage , he ...
... East would awaken the remembrance of his native fields . When Camoëns arrived in India , an expedition was ready to sail to revenge the King of Cochin on the King of Pimenta . With- out any rest on shore after his long voyage , he ...
Page xxi
... East transmitted their childish forgeries of inscriptions and miracles . He corresponded with them , directed their labours , and received the first accounts of their success . Under his patronage it was discovered , that St. Thomas ...
... East transmitted their childish forgeries of inscriptions and miracles . He corresponded with them , directed their labours , and received the first accounts of their success . Under his patronage it was discovered , that St. Thomas ...
Page xxviii
... eastern world happily discovered , and for ever indissolubly joined and given to the western ; the grand Portuguese empire in the East founded ; the humanization of mankind , and universal commerce the consequence ! What are the ...
... eastern world happily discovered , and for ever indissolubly joined and given to the western ; the grand Portuguese empire in the East founded ; the humanization of mankind , and universal commerce the consequence ! What are the ...
Page xxxiv
... eastern and the western worlds , con- stitutes the subject of this celebrated epic poem . But before we proceed to the historical introduction necessary to elucidate a poem founded on such an important period of history , some attention ...
... eastern and the western worlds , con- stitutes the subject of this celebrated epic poem . But before we proceed to the historical introduction necessary to elucidate a poem founded on such an important period of history , some attention ...
Page xxxviii
... East and West Indies had never been discovered . " The bloodshed and the attendant miseries which the unparalleled rapine and cruelties of the Spaniards spread over the new world , indeed disgrace human nature . The great and flourish ...
... East and West Indies had never been discovered . " The bloodshed and the attendant miseries which the unparalleled rapine and cruelties of the Spaniards spread over the new world , indeed disgrace human nature . The great and flourish ...
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