The Lusiad, Or, The Discovery of India: An Epic PoemJackson and Lister, 1776 - 484 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة ii
... state of mankind , where Commerce opens no intercourse between nation and nation be neglected , unjust conclufions will certainly follow . Where the state of bar- barians and of countries under the different degrees of civiliza- tion ...
... state of mankind , where Commerce opens no intercourse between nation and nation be neglected , unjust conclufions will certainly follow . Where the state of bar- barians and of countries under the different degrees of civiliza- tion ...
الصفحة iii
... state . But if the view of Laish then terminate in horror , with what contemplation fhall we behold the wilds of Africa and America ? Immense tracts peopled by a few tribes fcattered at great distances , who esteem and treat each other ...
... state . But if the view of Laish then terminate in horror , with what contemplation fhall we behold the wilds of Africa and America ? Immense tracts peopled by a few tribes fcattered at great distances , who esteem and treat each other ...
الصفحة v
... state of happy ideotifm ; and on his return to England , the remem- brance of his fufferings on the ile of Fernandez , afforded the hint of Robinson Crufoe . lelled rapine and cruelties of the Spaniards fpread over the. is one of the ...
... state of happy ideotifm ; and on his return to England , the remem- brance of his fufferings on the ile of Fernandez , afforded the hint of Robinson Crufoe . lelled rapine and cruelties of the Spaniards fpread over the. is one of the ...
الصفحة xiii
... state of Europe be impartially estimated . Yet though the great in- crease of opulence and learning cannot be denied , there are fome who affert , that virtue and happiness have as greatly de- clined . And the immenfe overflow of riches ...
... state of Europe be impartially estimated . Yet though the great in- crease of opulence and learning cannot be denied , there are fome who affert , that virtue and happiness have as greatly de- clined . And the immenfe overflow of riches ...
الصفحة xxv
... state . Whatever therefore might curb or ruin the power of the Moors , was of the last importance to the existence of Portugal . Such were the views and the cir- cumstances which united to infpire the defigns of Henry , all which were ...
... state . Whatever therefore might curb or ruin the power of the Moors , was of the last importance to the existence of Portugal . Such were the views and the cir- cumstances which united to infpire the defigns of Henry , all which were ...
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الصفحة cxxiv - My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
الصفحة 291 - Nayi-ea the noble rank is claimed ; ' The toils of culture and of art they scorn, ' The warrior's plumes their haughty brows adorn ; ' The shining faulchion brandish'd in the right, ' Their left arm wields the target in the fight ; ' Of danger scornful, ever armed they stand •' Around the king, a stern barbarian...
الصفحة cxx - But the poets and writers of histories are the best doctors of this knowledge; where we may find painted forth with great life, how affections are kindled and incited; and how pacified and refrained; and how again contained from act and further degree; how they disclose themselves, how they work, how they vary, how they gather and fortify, how they are inwrapped one within another, and how they do fight and encounter one with another...
الصفحة cxx - 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.
الصفحة cxiii - Barreto was, in this unpleafant fituation, to retain the converfation of Camoens at his table, it was his leaft care to render the life of his gueft agreeable. Chagrined with his treatment, and a confiderable time having elapfed in vain dependence upon Barreto, Camoens refolved to return to his native country.
الصفحة cxx - ... to as great a trial of our patience as any other that they preach to us.
الصفحة 317 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
الصفحة xxxiii - Europe and the monkifh age in which he was born, lefs the refult of his genius and toils. What is an Alexander || crowned with trophies at the head of his army, compared with a Henry contemplating the ocean from his window on the rock of Sagrez ! The one fuggefts the idea of the evil daemon, the other of a tutelary angel.
الصفحة 211 - In me the spirit of the Cape behold, That rock by you the Cape of Tempests named, By Neptune's rage in horrid earthquakes framed, When Jove's red bolts o'er Titan's offspring flamed. With...
الصفحة 216 - As o'er our head The fiend dissolved, an empty shadow, fled ; So may his curses by the winds of heaven Far o'er the deep, their idle sport, be driven ! With sacred horror thrill'd, Melinda's lord* Held up the eager hand, and caught the word : Oh wondrous faith of ancient days...