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 vii
... says Lord Strangford , * " has portrayed the character , and narrated the misfortunes of our poet , in a manner more honourable to his feelings as a man than to his accuracy in point of biographical detail . It is with diffidence that ...
... says Lord Strangford , * " has portrayed the character , and narrated the misfortunes of our poet , in a manner more honourable to his feelings as a man than to his accuracy in point of biographical detail . It is with diffidence that ...
Page viii
... says Lord Strangford , " and originally Spanish . They were long settled at Cadmon , a castle in Galicia , from which they probably derived their patronymic appellation . How ever , there are some who maintain that their name alluded to ...
... says Lord Strangford , " and originally Spanish . They were long settled at Cadmon , a castle in Galicia , from which they probably derived their patronymic appellation . How ever , there are some who maintain that their name alluded to ...
Page ix
... says Lord Strangford , " is very nearly allied to devotion , and it was in the exercise of the latter , that Camoëns was introduced to the knowledge of the former . In the Church of Christ's Wounds at Lisbon , on 11th April , 1542 ...
... says Lord Strangford , " is very nearly allied to devotion , and it was in the exercise of the latter , that Camoëns was introduced to the knowledge of the former . In the Church of Christ's Wounds at Lisbon , on 11th April , 1542 ...
Page x
... says Camoëns " on board the vessel before leaving , were those of Scipio " Ungrateful country ! thou shalt not even possess my bones . " " Some , " says Lord Strangford , " attribute his departure t a very different cause , and assert ...
... says Camoëns " on board the vessel before leaving , were those of Scipio " Ungrateful country ! thou shalt not even possess my bones . " " Some , " says Lord Strangford , " attribute his departure t a very different cause , and assert ...
Page xii
... says that he " did not over - rate the powers which he was conscious of possess ing , knew that he could rely upon himself for their du xertion , and had sufficient worldly prudence to look out xii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... says that he " did not over - rate the powers which he was conscious of possess ing , knew that he could rely upon himself for their du xertion , and had sufficient worldly prudence to look out xii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
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