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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... portraits of Gama , and are characterized by appropriate verses . Meanwhile the zamorim has recourse to the oracles of his false gods , who make him acquainted with the future dominion of the Portuguese over India , and the consequent ...
... portraits of Gama , and are characterized by appropriate verses . Meanwhile the zamorim has recourse to the oracles of his false gods , who make him acquainted with the future dominion of the Portuguese over India , and the consequent ...
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... portrait Don Sebastian fell in love with Mar- garet of France , daughter of Henry II . , and demanded her in marriage , but was refused . The Spaniards treated him no less unfavourably , for they also rejected his proposals for one of ...
... portrait Don Sebastian fell in love with Mar- garet of France , daughter of Henry II . , and demanded her in marriage , but was refused . The Spaniards treated him no less unfavourably , for they also rejected his proposals for one of ...
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... Portrait . [ Ready . Johnson's Lives of the Poets . Edited by Robina Napier . [ In the press . The Works of Flavius Josephus . Whiston's Translation . Revised by Rev. A. R. Shilleto , M. A. With Topographical and Geographical Notes by ...
... Portrait . [ Ready . Johnson's Lives of the Poets . Edited by Robina Napier . [ In the press . The Works of Flavius Josephus . Whiston's Translation . Revised by Rev. A. R. Shilleto , M. A. With Topographical and Geographical Notes by ...
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... Portrait , and 8 Plates of Medals . 6 vols . N. S. This is the most complete edition of Addison's Works issued . ALFIERI'S Tragedies . In English Verse . With Notes , Arguments , and In- troduction , by E. A. Bowring , C.B. 2 vols ...
... Portrait , and 8 Plates of Medals . 6 vols . N. S. This is the most complete edition of Addison's Works issued . ALFIERI'S Tragedies . In English Verse . With Notes , Arguments , and In- troduction , by E. A. Bowring , C.B. 2 vols ...
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... Portrait . History of Civilisation . From the Roman Empire to the French Revolution . Trans . by W. Hazlitt . Portraits . 3 vols HALL'S ( Rev. Robert ) Works and Remains . Memoir by Dr. Gregory and Essay by J. Foster . Portrait ...
... Portrait . History of Civilisation . From the Roman Empire to the French Revolution . Trans . by W. Hazlitt . Portraits . 3 vols HALL'S ( Rev. Robert ) Works and Remains . Memoir by Dr. Gregory and Essay by J. Foster . Portrait ...
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