The Lusiad, Or, The Discovery of India: An Epic Poem, Translated from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoëns, with a Life of the PoetGeorge Bell, 1889 - 358 pages This poem, written in Homeric style, focuses on a fantastical interpretation of the Portuguese voyages of discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page xxi
... horrid tribunal , the Inquisition , was erected at Lisbon , where he himself long presided as Inquisitor - General . Nor was he content with this : he established an Inquisition , also , at Goa , and sent a whole apparatus of holy ...
... horrid tribunal , the Inquisition , was erected at Lisbon , where he himself long presided as Inquisitor - General . Nor was he content with this : he established an Inquisition , also , at Goa , and sent a whole apparatus of holy ...
Page xxxix
... horrid cruelties they suffered from them , divert our iew from their complete character . Almost everything was horrid in eir civil customs and religious rites . In some tribes , to cohabit with eir mothers , sisters , and daughters was ...
... horrid cruelties they suffered from them , divert our iew from their complete character . Almost everything was horrid in eir civil customs and religious rites . In some tribes , to cohabit with eir mothers , sisters , and daughters was ...
Page xli
... horrid massacres and unbounded rapine which , according to their own annals , followed the victories of their Asian con- juerors were never equalled by the worst of their European 7anquishers . Nor is the establishment of improved ...
... horrid massacres and unbounded rapine which , according to their own annals , followed the victories of their Asian con- juerors were never equalled by the worst of their European 7anquishers . Nor is the establishment of improved ...
Page xliii
... horrid custom of burning the wives along with the body of the deceased husband has continued for upwards of fifteen hundred years ; we are also certain that within these twenty years it has begun to fall into disuse . Together with the ...
... horrid custom of burning the wives along with the body of the deceased husband has continued for upwards of fifteen hundred years ; we are also certain that within these twenty years it has begun to fall into disuse . Together with the ...
Page xlix
... horrid spirit , every- where confessed its virulent influence . Such were the late days of Europe , admired by the ignorant for the innocence of manners . Resentment of injury , indeed , is natural ; and there is a degree which is ...
... horrid spirit , every- where confessed its virulent influence . Such were the late days of Europe , admired by the ignorant for the innocence of manners . Resentment of injury , indeed , is natural ; and there is a degree which is ...
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
admiral Æneid Alonzo ancient arms Bacchus bands behold bend Beneath blaze blood boast bold bosom Brahmins brave breast Calicut Camoëns Cape Castera Castile Castilian Ceuta Christian coast conquest coursers cries death divine dread eastern world epic poetry ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fierce fire fleet gale Gama GAMA's gave gen'rous glorious glows gold heaven Henry heroes holy Homer honour horrid horror human India inspir'd island joyful king King of Portugal land Lisbon lord Lusian Lusus Melinda Mombas monarch Moorish Moors Mozambique native Nereids nymphs o'er ocean Pedro pilot poem poet Portrait Portugal Portuguese pride prince proud purple queen race rage reign resounds round sacred sail shade shining ships shore sire skies smiles Spain spear spread storm sword Tagus tempest thee thine thou throne tide toils Trans translator trembling Vasco Viriatus vols voyage warlike waves wild woes zamorim