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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... rage . Just or unjust was no consideration of theirs . It was a family feud ; no farther inquiry was made ; and from age to age , the parties , who never injured each other , breathed nothing but mutual ran- cour and revenge . And ...
... rage . Just or unjust was no consideration of theirs . It was a family feud ; no farther inquiry was made ; and from age to age , the parties , who never injured each other , breathed nothing but mutual ran- cour and revenge . And ...
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... rage for war received every addition which can possibly be inspired by religious enthusiasm . Not only the spoils of the vanquished , but Paradise itself was to be obtained by their sabres . Strengthened and inspired by a commission ...
... rage for war received every addition which can possibly be inspired by religious enthusiasm . Not only the spoils of the vanquished , but Paradise itself was to be obtained by their sabres . Strengthened and inspired by a commission ...
Page lxxx
... rage and indignation . Gama , now fully master of the character of the zamorim , resolved to treat a man of such an inconstant , dis- honourable disposition with a contemptuous silence . This con- tempt was felt by the king , who ...
... rage and indignation . Gama , now fully master of the character of the zamorim , resolved to treat a man of such an inconstant , dis- honourable disposition with a contemptuous silence . This con- tempt was felt by the king , who ...
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... rage , your warriors ' deeds resound . And thou , 1 O born the pledge of happier days , To guard our freedom and our glories raise , 1 King Sebastian , who came to the throne in his minority . Though the warm imagination of Camoëns ...
... rage , your warriors ' deeds resound . And thou , 1 O born the pledge of happier days , To guard our freedom and our glories raise , 1 King Sebastian , who came to the throne in his minority . Though the warm imagination of Camoëns ...
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... rage ! Did Bacchus yield to Reason's voice divine , Bacchus the cause of Lusus ' sons would join , Lusus , the lov'd companion of his cares , His earthly toils , his dangers , and his wars : 1 i.e. helmet . 2 and the light turn'd pale ...
... rage ! Did Bacchus yield to Reason's voice divine , Bacchus the cause of Lusus ' sons would join , Lusus , the lov'd companion of his cares , His earthly toils , his dangers , and his wars : 1 i.e. helmet . 2 and the light turn'd pale ...
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