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... meditated towards the close of his career . In the course of his expeditions along the coast of Terra Firma , Columbus had repeatedly received information of the existence of a vast sea to the south . He supposed it to be the great Indian.
... meditated towards the close of his career . In the course of his expeditions along the coast of Terra Firma , Columbus had repeatedly received information of the existence of a vast sea to the south . He supposed it to be the great Indian.
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... course , and fancied that some swell- ing prominence of the globe concealed it from their view . They knew nothing as yet of the firmament of that hemisphere , nor of that beautiful constellation , the southern cross , but expected to ...
... course , and fancied that some swell- ing prominence of the globe concealed it from their view . They knew nothing as yet of the firmament of that hemisphere , nor of that beautiful constellation , the southern cross , but expected to ...
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... course along the coast , passing the mouths of the Oronoko , and entering the Gulf of Paria , where he landed and cut brazil- wood . Sallying forth by the Boca del Drago , he reached the island of Hispaniola about the 23d of June ...
... course along the coast , passing the mouths of the Oronoko , and entering the Gulf of Paria , where he landed and cut brazil- wood . Sallying forth by the Boca del Drago , he reached the island of Hispaniola about the 23d of June ...
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... course of his last voyage , and the reader may remember the disasters experienced by his brother Don Bartholomew and himself , in endeavoring to establish a colony on the hostile shores of Veragua . The admiral being dead , the person ...
... course of his last voyage , and the reader may remember the disasters experienced by his brother Don Bartholomew and himself , in endeavoring to establish a colony on the hostile shores of Veragua . The admiral being dead , the person ...
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... course of his campaigns upwards of a thousand crowns . The In dians , it is said , had conceived such terror of this animal , that the very sight of him was sufficient to put a host of them to flight . * In addition to these forces ...
... course of his campaigns upwards of a thousand crowns . The In dians , it is said , had conceived such terror of this animal , that the very sight of him was sufficient to put a host of them to flight . * In addition to these forces ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abbey admiral adventurers Alonzo de Ojeda Amerigo Vespucci ancient appeared arrived Beatte beautiful beheld bishop brigantines buffalo cacique called camp Captain caravel Casas CHAPTER coast Columbus command companions Cortez course Cuba Darien Diego Columbus discovery distance Don Diego encampment enterprise expedition eyes father favor Ferdinand fire Fonseca forest friars gave Genoa gold governor grand Herrera hill Hispaniola Hist hunters hunting Indians Indies inhabitants island Johnny Bower Juan Ponce Khan kind king land leagues length letter Lord Byron Marco Polo Moguer morning mountains natives Newstead Newstead Abbey Nicuesa night ocean ordered Osage passed Pawnees Pedrarias Pinzon prairies rangers remained rifle river sail San Salvador savages scene Scott sent Seville ships shore sovereigns Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit Spotorno stream supposed tion Tonish took trees Vasco Nuñez Vespucci vessels village voyage wild horse young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 326 - Well! thou art happy, and I feel That I should thus be happy too; For still my heart regards thy weal Warmly as it was wont to do. Thy husband's blest— and 'twill impart Some pangs to view his happier lot: But let them pass— Oh! how my heart Would hate him, if he loved thee not! When late I saw thy favourite child I thought my jealous heart would break; But when the unconscious infant smiled, I kiss'd it for its mother's sake. I...
Página 334 - He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced, and then it faded, as it came...
Página 246 - Thus while I ape the measure wild Of tales that charm'd me yet a child, Rude though they be, still with the chime Return the thoughts of early time ; And feelings, roused in life's first day, Glow in the line, and prompt the lay. Then rise those crags, that mountain tower. Which charm'd my fancy's wakening hour.
Página 206 - If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray.
Página 200 - lord of the castle" himself made his appearance. I knew him at once by the descriptions I had read and heard, and the likenesses that had been published of him. He was tall, and of a large and powerful frame. His dress was simple, and almost rustic: an old green shooting-coat, with...
Página 49 - ... hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground. Two of the bee-hunters now plied their axes vigorously at the foot of the tree, to level it with the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the meantime, drew off to a cautious distance, to be out of the way of the falling of the tree and the vengeance of its inmates.
Página 49 - ... in a straight line, almost with the velocity of a bullet. The hunters watched attentively the course they took, and then set off in the same direction, stumbling along over twisted roots and fallen trees, with their eyes turned up to the sky. In this way they traced the honey-laden bees to their hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground.
Página 282 - But in a higher niche, alone, but crown'd, The Virgin -Mother of the God-born Child, With her Son in her blessed arms, look'd round, Spared by some chance when all beside was spoil'd : She made the earth below seem holy ground.
Página 43 - Indians are among themselves, however, there cannot be greater gossips. Half their time is taken up in talking over their adventures in war and hunting, and in telling whimsical stories. They are great mimics and buffoons, also, and entertain themselves excessively at the expense of the whites with whom they have associated, and who have supposed them impressed with profound respect for their grandeur and dignity.
Página 206 - He'll stand and crack and lauff wi' me, just like an auld wife — and to think that of a man that has such an awfu' knowledge o