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... race who aided Mars , And through the universe their fame diffuse , If verse to such transcendent worth may soar . And thou , whose birth conferr'd a sacred pledge Of 2 CANTO I. THE LUSIAD . By sea and land, our wonder cease to claim...
... race who aided Mars , And through the universe their fame diffuse , If verse to such transcendent worth may soar . And thou , whose birth conferr'd a sacred pledge Of 2 CANTO I. THE LUSIAD . By sea and land, our wonder cease to claim...
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... Race like these.- To celebrate their glorious deeds demands No airy fictions of poetic art , Fantastical or fabulous , like those Which swell the numbers of the Foreign Muse ; Their great and bright achievements far surpass ' The dreams ...
... Race like these.- To celebrate their glorious deeds demands No airy fictions of poetic art , Fantastical or fabulous , like those Which swell the numbers of the Foreign Muse ; Their great and bright achievements far surpass ' The dreams ...
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... race Should penetrate the regions of the East , His former splendid deeds would be forgot . The Fates to him the secret had disclos'd , That , from Iberia , a valiant race : - The eastern seas should traverse , and subdue The whole of ...
... race Should penetrate the regions of the East , His former splendid deeds would be forgot . The Fates to him the secret had disclos'd , That , from Iberia , a valiant race : - The eastern seas should traverse , and subdue The whole of ...
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... race , Whose worth and noble deeds thou hast approv'd , In search of the new hemisphere , which thou Decreed'st by them should be explor'd , disgrace Should ne'er sustain , then hear , just Judge , no more , Counsels that flow from a ...
... race , Whose worth and noble deeds thou hast approv'd , In search of the new hemisphere , which thou Decreed'st by them should be explor'd , disgrace Should ne'er sustain , then hear , just Judge , no more , Counsels that flow from a ...
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... race In regions scorch'd by his rash fall : -His fate The Po well knows , and Lampethusa still Laments . Cotton their dress , of various hues , Or snowy white , or deck'd with gaudy stripes ; Some wore them round the body girt , and ...
... race In regions scorch'd by his rash fall : -His fate The Po well knows , and Lampethusa still Laments . Cotton their dress , of various hues , Or snowy white , or deck'd with gaudy stripes ; Some wore them round the body girt , and ...
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achiev'd address'd Æneid alluded Alphonso ancient appear'd ardent Armada arms Bacchus Barros behold bold brave bravery breast Calicut Camoens Canto Castile Castilian Catual Ceuta Chief Christian coast command death deeds deep Don John Don Pedro e'en e'er ev'ry fair faithful fam'd fame Faria y Sousa fate fear feats fierce fix'd Fleet force gain'd gainst gallant gen'rous glorious glory Goddess grace hast Heav'n Hero heroic hostile Iberia illustrious India inspir'd Isle King king of Portugal knights land lofty Lusian Lusitanian martial Meroë mighty Monarch Moorish Moors Mozambique native ne'er noble NOTE numbers Nymphs o'er oppos'd Ormuz Ovid pass'd passage Paulo da Gama perils poem poet Portugal Portugueze pow'r prepar'd Prince race rage rais'd reach'd receiv'd sacred Samorim Saracens seem'd shalt shore splendid stream subdued sword Tagus thee thence Thetis thou throne tow'rds valiant valor various Vasco da Gama victory Virg Viriatus warlike waves zeal
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Page 463 - And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly ; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Page 443 - For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle ; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished ; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Page 444 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Page 568 - Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
Page 471 - Some drill and bore. The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn, That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Page 500 - Then saith the woman of Samaria unto Him, How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria ? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
Page 506 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years...
Page 500 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 484 - What hard mishap hath doom'd this gentle swain? And question'd every gust of rugged wings That blows from off each beaked promontory: They knew not of his story; And sage Hippotades their answer brings, That not a blast was from his dungeon stray 'd; The air was calm, and on the level brine Sleek Panope with all her sisters play'd.
Page 419 - Constantine, but which in a few hours had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy reflection on the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself on his mind, and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry: 'The spider has wove his web in the Imperial palace, and the owl hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab.