The Lusiad: Or, the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem. Translated from the Original Portuguese of Luis de Camoëns. By William Julius Mickle. In Two Volumes. ...T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, 1798 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 70
Page iv
... will be envied by the lefs industrious : The uninformed mind feems infenfible of the idea of the right of poffeffion which the labour of acquire- ment gives right iv INTRODUCTION . poffeffor. The most beautiful defcription of a tribe ...
... will be envied by the lefs industrious : The uninformed mind feems infenfible of the idea of the right of poffeffion which the labour of acquire- ment gives right iv INTRODUCTION . poffeffor. The most beautiful defcription of a tribe ...
Page vi
... hunters . Attachment to their own tribe conftitutes their highest idea of virtue ; but this virtue includes the most brutal depravity , makes them esteem the man man of every other tribe as an enemy , as vi INTRODUCTION .
... hunters . Attachment to their own tribe conftitutes their highest idea of virtue ; but this virtue includes the most brutal depravity , makes them esteem the man man of every other tribe as an enemy , as vi INTRODUCTION .
Page vii
... ideas of honour serve as rituals and minifters . The cruelties practifed by the American favages on their prifoners of war ( and war is their chief employment ) convey every idea expreffed by the word diabolical , and give a most ...
... ideas of honour serve as rituals and minifters . The cruelties practifed by the American favages on their prifoners of war ( and war is their chief employment ) convey every idea expreffed by the word diabolical , and give a most ...
Page viii
... idea is the hell of the ignorant mind . Nor is this barbarism con- fined alone to thofe ignorant tribes , whom we call favages . The vulgar of every country pof- fess it in certain degrees , proportionated to their opportunities of ...
... idea is the hell of the ignorant mind . Nor is this barbarism con- fined alone to thofe ignorant tribes , whom we call favages . The vulgar of every country pof- fess it in certain degrees , proportionated to their opportunities of ...
Page ix
... , that injuftice which reigns in the inequality of fortunes and conditions . " In fine , fays he , as the wish for independence is one of the first instincts of how many respectable names , connect the idea of innocence INTRODUCTION . ix.
... , that injuftice which reigns in the inequality of fortunes and conditions . " In fine , fays he , as the wish for independence is one of the first instincts of how many respectable names , connect the idea of innocence INTRODUCTION . ix.
Other editions - View all
The Lusiad: Or, the Discovery of India. an Epic Poem. Translated from the ... Luís de Camões No preview available - 2020 |
Common terms and phrases
affertion affiftance Afia againſt Albuquerque alfo almoſt Alonzo alſo arms brave Britiſh Caftro Calicut Camoëns Cananor Chriftian coaft Cochin command commerce confequence courſe dæmon defire diſcovered diſcovery dread Eaft Eaſt eaſtern empire Engliſh Epic Epic Poetry eſtabliſhed eſteemed faid fail fame Faria fate favage fays feemed fent fettlements feveral fhall fhew fhips fhore fhould firſt fleet fome foon fovereign friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuperior fword Gama Gama's governor greateſt heaven Henry heroes himſelf hiſtory hoftile honour Hydal increaſe India intereft iſland king of Portugal laſt lefs Liſbon loft Lufiad Malaca moft Moorish Moors moſt Mozambic muſt natives neceffary Nunio o'er Ormuz pleaſed poem poetry Portugueſe prefent prince promiſed purpoſe rage raiſed revenue Sampayo ſeveral ſhall ſhips ſhore ſome Spain ſpirit ſpread ſtate ſtill tempeft thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand trade tranflator tugueſe uſe veffels viceroy Viriatus Voltaire voyage whofe whoſe Zamorim
Popular passages
Page cclxxxvii - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Page cccviii - O ! too like In sad event, when, to the unwiser son Of Japhet brought by Hermes, she ensnared Mankind with her fair looks, to be avenged On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire.
Page cclxxix - ... that when men are young, and have little else to do, they might vent the overflowings of their fancy that way; but when they were thought fit for more serious employments, if they still persisted in that course, it would look as if they minded not the way to any better.
Page cccviii - And heavenly quires the hymenaean sung, What day the genial Angel to our sire Brought her in naked beauty more adorn'd, More lovely, than Pandora, whom the Gods Endow'd with all their gifts, and O ! too like...
Page cclxxix - From hence, and not till now, will be the right season of forming them to be able writers and composers in every excellent matter, when they shall be thus fraught with an universal insight into things.
Page cclxvii - Darreto, appointed governor of the fort at Sofala, by high promifes, allured the poet to attend him thither. The governor of a diftant fort, in a barbarous country, fhares, in fome meafure, the fate of an exile.
Page cclxxix - ... to as great a trial of our patience as any other that they preach to us.
Page 132 - Each echo sighed thy princely lover's name. Nor less could absence from thy prince remove The dear remembrance of his distant love : Thy looks, thy smiles, before him ever glow, And o'er his melting heart endearing flow : By night his slumbers bring...
Page cclxx - ... the kingdom of Portugal into the most abject vassalage ever experienced by a conquered nation. While the grandees of Portugal were blind to the ruin which impended over them, Camoens beheld it with a pungency of grief which hastened his end. In one of his letters he has these remarkable words, " Em fim accaberey a vida, e verram todos quefuy afeifoada a minho patria,
Page cccxxxvii - João por graça de Deos Rey de Portugal, e dos Algarves daquem e dalem mar em Africa Senhor de Guiné, e da Conquista, navegação, Comercio da Ethiopia, Arabia Percia e da india ò°.