The Lusiad, Or, The Discovery of India: An Epic PoemJackson and Lister, 1776 - 484 páginas |
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againſt Albuquerk alfo almoſt Alonzo alſo arms behold boaſt bofom Brahmins brave breaſt Caftera Calicut Camoens Chriftian coaft Coll dæmon defcription defire diſplay divine dread Eaft Eaſt eaſtern Epic eyes facred faid fame fate fays feem fent feven feveral fhall fhew fhining fhips fhore fhould fire firft firſt flain fleet fome foon fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fword Gama GAMA's greateſt heaven Henriade Henry heroes hiftory himſelf Homer honour Iliad India inſpired iſland king king of Portugal laft laſt lefs loft Lufian Lufus moft monarch Moorish Moors moſt Mozambic muſt native Nunio o'er obferved Ormuz Oxon paffion poem poet poetry Portugal Portugueſe prefent prince proud purpoſe rage raiſed rife ſhall ſhine ſhip ſhore ſkies ſky ſmile Spain ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill Tagus tempeft thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand Tranflator trembling veffels Virgil Viriatus Voltaire waves whofe whoſe Zamorim
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Página cxx - be, and fhew them what religious, what glorious and magnificent ufe might be made of poetry, both in divine and human things. .From hence, and not till now, will be the right feafon of forming them to be able writers and
Página 313 - To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow ; To have thy
Página 372 - will attend to the wants, and remove the grievances of your people, you will find them obedient fubjefts ; if not —— The king, ftarting with rage, interrupted him, If not, what If not, refumed the nobleman, in a firm tone, they will look for another and a better king. Alonzo, in the higheft tranfport of paffion,
Página cxx - in every excellent matter . . . whether they be to fpeak in parliament or council, honour and attention would be waiting on their lips. There would then alfo appear in pulpits other vifages, other geflures, and
Página 372 - out of the room. In a little while however he returned, calm and reconciled ; I perceive, faid he, the truth of what you fay. He who will not execute the duties of a king, cannot long have good fubjefts. Remember, from this day, you have nothing more to do with Alonzo the fportfman, but with
Página 133 - die on every gale,. The lions roaring, and the tygers yell, There with mine infant race, confign'd to dwell. There let me try that piety to- find, In vain by Me implored from human kind:. There in fome dreary cavern's rocky womb,, Amid the horrors of fepulchral gloom, For him whofe love I mourn, my love
Página 203 - the earth, and cried with a loud -voice, as 'when a lion roareth and he lifted up his
Página cxvi - &c." I am ending the courfe of my life, the world will witnefs how I have loved my country. I have returned, not only to die in her bofom, but to die with her." In another letter, written a little before his death, he thus, yet with dignity, complains, " Who has feen on fo fmall a theatre as my poor bed,
Página cxxxix - lovely than Pandora, whom the Gods Endow'd with all their gifts, and O too like In fad event, when to th
Página xxxiv - Mathematical learning, fays he, was little valued or cultivated. The true fyftem of the heavens was not dreamed of. There was no knowledge at all of the real form of the earth, and in general the ideas of mankind were not extended beyond their fenfible horizon. In this