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... confidence , he might judiciously have relied upon his own . Disclaiming , however , all intention of entering upon a labored dissertation on the Lusiad , I shall only con- cisely allude to some of those excellencies which coun ...
... confidence , he might judiciously have relied upon his own . Disclaiming , however , all intention of entering upon a labored dissertation on the Lusiad , I shall only con- cisely allude to some of those excellencies which coun ...
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... Raising the visor of his diamond helm , With fearless confidence before the seat Of Jupiter he stood , arm'd and prepar'd Dauntless his firm opinion to express ; And with his warlike spear , he struck the pure CANTO I. 13 THE LUSIAD .
... Raising the visor of his diamond helm , With fearless confidence before the seat Of Jupiter he stood , arm'd and prepar'd Dauntless his firm opinion to express ; And with his warlike spear , he struck the pure CANTO I. 13 THE LUSIAD .
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... confidence , Sail'd tow'rds the Isle ; -the Guardian Deity , The Moor's device to frustrate , guides the Fleet In safety near , but not within the Port . The Island from the Continent a Strait Of inconsiderable breadth disjoin'd ...
... confidence , Sail'd tow'rds the Isle ; -the Guardian Deity , The Moor's device to frustrate , guides the Fleet In safety near , but not within the Port . The Island from the Continent a Strait Of inconsiderable breadth disjoin'd ...
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... confidence we trust , And from whose bounty we such aid implore As Ithaca's fam'd Hero anciently 28 From Alcinoüs receiv'd , hither we come , Conducted by a Messenger divine , Whose mandate we have thus obey'd ; -for truth , Humanity ...
... confidence we trust , And from whose bounty we such aid implore As Ithaca's fam'd Hero anciently 28 From Alcinoüs receiv'd , hither we come , Conducted by a Messenger divine , Whose mandate we have thus obey'd ; -for truth , Humanity ...
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... confidence , Behold , ' said Egas , here I offer thee My life in payment of my promis'd word ; - And here I offer , too , the spotless lives Of all my Children , and my virtuous Wife ; - If generous and noble breasts demand The ...
... confidence , Behold , ' said Egas , here I offer thee My life in payment of my promis'd word ; - And here I offer , too , the spotless lives Of all my Children , and my virtuous Wife ; - If generous and noble breasts demand The ...
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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 celestial Ceuta Chief Christian coast command death deeds deep Don John Don Pedro e'en e'er ev'ry faithful fam'd fame Faria y Sousa fate fear 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 473 - 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 516 - 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 453 - 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 454 - 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 578 - Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
Page 481 - 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 510 - 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 510 - 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 494 - 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 429 - 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.