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 ix
... nature of his offence , " it furnished a pretext to the young lady's relations for termi- nating an intercourse which worldly considerations rendered highly imprudent . ” But Love consoled his votary : his mistress , on the morning of ...
... nature of his offence , " it furnished a pretext to the young lady's relations for termi- nating an intercourse which worldly considerations rendered highly imprudent . ” But Love consoled his votary : his mistress , on the morning of ...
Page xi
... natural grotto which commands a splendid view of the city and harbour of Macao . An engraving of it may be seen in Ouseley's Oriental Collections , and another will be found in Sir G. Staunton's Account of the Embassy to China . A ...
... natural grotto which commands a splendid view of the city and harbour of Macao . An engraving of it may be seen in Ouseley's Oriental Collections , and another will be found in Sir G. Staunton's Account of the Embassy to China . A ...
Page xv
... Nature , as if in pity of the literary rudeness of that nation , produced a great poet to record the numberless actions of high spirit performed by his countrymen . Except Osorius , the historians of Portugal are little better than dry ...
... Nature , as if in pity of the literary rudeness of that nation , produced a great poet to record the numberless actions of high spirit performed by his countrymen . Except Osorius , the historians of Portugal are little better than dry ...
Page xvi
... natural ardour and gay vivacity of his disposition , rendered him an accomplished gentleman . Courts are the scenes of intrigue , and intrigue was fashionable at Lisbon . But the particulars of the amours of Camoëns rest unknown . This ...
... natural ardour and gay vivacity of his disposition , rendered him an accomplished gentleman . Courts are the scenes of intrigue , and intrigue was fashionable at Lisbon . But the particulars of the amours of Camoëns rest unknown . This ...
Page xxiv
... nature herself seems to have rendered the task of regularity to genius , it is the supreme consolation of dullness and of folly to point with Gothic triumph to those excesses which are the overflowings of faculties they never enjoyed ...
... nature herself seems to have rendered the task of regularity to genius , it is the supreme consolation of dullness and of folly to point with Gothic triumph to those excesses which are the overflowings of faculties they never enjoyed ...
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