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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... THE SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY , Editor of " Cory's Ancient Fragments , " " The Principia Hebraica , " etc. , etc. LONDON : GEORGE BELL AND SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1889 . A2M5 " As the mirror of a heart so full THE LUSIAD ;
... THE SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY , Editor of " Cory's Ancient Fragments , " " The Principia Hebraica , " etc. , etc. LONDON : GEORGE BELL AND SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1889 . A2M5 " As the mirror of a heart so full THE LUSIAD ;
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... son , Vasco de Camoëns , was highly distinguished by royal favour , and had the honour of being the ancestor of our poet , who descended from him in the fourth generation Luis de Camoëns , the author of the Lusiad , was born at Lisbon ...
... son , Vasco de Camoëns , was highly distinguished by royal favour , and had the honour of being the ancestor of our poet , who descended from him in the fourth generation Luis de Camoëns , the author of the Lusiad , was born at Lisbon ...
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... sons , who took the name of Camoëns . The family of the eldest intermarried with the first nobility of Portugal ... son Luis , at the University of Coimbra . What he acquired there his works discover ; an intimacy with the classics ...
... sons , who took the name of Camoëns . The family of the eldest intermarried with the first nobility of Portugal ... son Luis , at the University of Coimbra . What he acquired there his works discover ; an intimacy with the classics ...
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... sons , present a melancholy prospect , which must * The author of that voluminous work , Histoire Philosophique et || Politique des Etablissements et du Commerce des Européens dans les deur Indes , is one of the many who assert that ...
... sons , present a melancholy prospect , which must * The author of that voluminous work , Histoire Philosophique et || Politique des Etablissements et du Commerce des Européens dans les deur Indes , is one of the many who assert that ...
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... sons untrue ; Ungraced with all that sweetens human life , Savage and fierce they roam in brutal strife ; Eager they grasp the gifts which culture yields , Yet naked roam their own neglected fields . Unnumber'd tribes as bestial grazers ...
... sons untrue ; Ungraced with all that sweetens human life , Savage and fierce they roam in brutal strife ; Eager they grasp the gifts which culture yields , Yet naked roam their own neglected fields . Unnumber'd tribes as bestial grazers ...
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