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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... Henry , who succeeded to the crown Portugal , lost by Sebastian at the battle of Alcazar . Correa an But this story of the pension is very doubtful . other contemporary authors do not mention it , though some lat writers have given ...
... Henry , who succeeded to the crown Portugal , lost by Sebastian at the battle of Alcazar . Correa an But this story of the pension is very doubtful . other contemporary authors do not mention it , though some lat writers have given ...
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... Henry , under whose inglorious reign he died in all the misery of poverty . By some , * Cardinal Henry's patronage of learning and learned men is mentioned with cordial esteem by the Portuguese writers . Happily they also tell us what ...
... Henry , under whose inglorious reign he died in all the misery of poverty . By some , * Cardinal Henry's patronage of learning and learned men is mentioned with cordial esteem by the Portuguese writers . Happily they also tell us what ...
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... * According to Gedron , a second edition of the Lusiad appeared in the same year with the first . There are two Italian and four Spanish trans miserably neglected by the weak king Henry , was earnestly xxii THE LIFE OF CAMOËNS :
... * According to Gedron , a second edition of the Lusiad appeared in the same year with the first . There are two Italian and four Spanish trans miserably neglected by the weak king Henry , was earnestly xxii THE LIFE OF CAMOËNS :
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... Henry , was earnestly en- quired after by Philip of Spain when he assumed the crown of Lisbon . When Philip heard that Camoëns was dead , both ais words and his countenance expressed his disappointment and grief . From the whole tenor ...
... Henry , was earnestly en- quired after by Philip of Spain when he assumed the crown of Lisbon . When Philip heard that Camoëns was dead , both ais words and his countenance expressed his disappointment and grief . From the whole tenor ...
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... Henry , Duke of Viseo , prince of Portugal , to whom Europe owes both Gama and Columbus , both the eastern and the western worlds , con- stitutes the subject of this celebrated epic poem . But before we proceed to the historical ...
... Henry , Duke of Viseo , prince of Portugal , to whom Europe owes both Gama and Columbus , both the eastern and the western worlds , con- stitutes the subject of this celebrated epic poem . But before we proceed to the historical ...
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