Mercedes of Castile: Or, The Voyage to CathayLea and Blanchard, 1840 - 538 pages |
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... , and that he brought islands he had discovered , some of the natives of the back with him to Spain . The reader is now made much more intimately acquainted with certain of these individuals , we will venture to say , that PREFACE . xi.
... , and that he brought islands he had discovered , some of the natives of the back with him to Spain . The reader is now made much more intimately acquainted with certain of these individuals , we will venture to say , that PREFACE . xi.
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... Spain were good , or the roads safe . These are two of the bless- ings of civilization which the people of the peninsula would really seem destined never to attain ; for , in all ages , we hear , or have heard , of wrongs done the ...
... Spain were good , or the roads safe . These are two of the bless- ings of civilization which the people of the peninsula would really seem destined never to attain ; for , in all ages , we hear , or have heard , of wrongs done the ...
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... Spain was fast ap- proaching the termination of that great struggle which had already endured seven centuries , and in which the Chris- tian and the Mussulman contended for the mastery of the peninsula . The latter had long held sway in ...
... Spain was fast ap- proaching the termination of that great struggle which had already endured seven centuries , and in which the Chris- tian and the Mussulman contended for the mastery of the peninsula . The latter had long held sway in ...
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... Spain ; though her stature was , in a slight degree , less noble , and the outlines of her figure , in about an equal proportion , less perfect . In short , nature had drawn some such dis- tinction between the exceeding grace and high ...
... Spain ; though her stature was , in a slight degree , less noble , and the outlines of her figure , in about an equal proportion , less perfect . In short , nature had drawn some such dis- tinction between the exceeding grace and high ...
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... Spain ! Do not distrust any thing , Señora , on account of unfamiliarity with such matters for , of all learning , it is easiest to learn to relish praise and admiration ! " " True , daughter " - ( for so Isabella often termed her ...
... Spain ! Do not distrust any thing , Señora , on account of unfamiliarity with such matters for , of all learning , it is easiest to learn to relish praise and admiration ! " " True , daughter " - ( for so Isabella often termed her ...
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admiral adventurers answered appearance Aragon beauty blessed cacique caravel Castile Castilian Cathay Christian Columbus Don Christopher Don Luis Doña Beatriz Doña Isabella Doña Mercedes Dost thou doth doubt duty earth enterprise exclaimed eyes fancied favour feelings felucca Ferdinand Genoese girl Guacanagari hand hath heart heaven hero holy honour hope hour Isabella of Castile island Juan Perez king King of Aragon lady land leagues Llera look Luis de Bobadilla lumbus manner Marchioness mariners Martin Alonzo matter Mattinao means mind mistress Moguer navigator never night Niña noble nought ocean Ozema Palos passed Pedro Pepe Pinta Pinzon poop prelate princess queen Queen of Castile returned royal sail Sancho Santa Maria seamen seemeth seen Señor Almirante Señor Colon Señor Don ship smiling sovereigns Spain thee thine thou art thou hast thou wilt thought tion true truth vessels Vicente Yañez voyage wife wind young youth
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Page 206 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home ! These are our realms, no limits to their sway — Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey.
Page 259 - Of her bright face one glance will trace A picture on the brain, And of her voice in echoing hearts A sound must long remain; But memory, such as mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers.
Page 24 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Page 81 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
Page 1 - Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 241 - As this was said, they reached the boat, and were quickly pulled on board the Santa Maria. By this time the peaks of the islands were towering like gloomy shadows in the atmosphere, and, soon after, the caravels resembled dark, shapeless specks, on the unquiet element that washed their hulls.
Page 98 - He that of such a height hath built his mind, And rear'd the dwelling of his thoughts so strong, As neither fear nor hope can shake the frame Of his resolved powers ; nor all the wind Of vanity or malice pierce to wrong His settled peace, or to disturb the same, What a fair seat hath he, from whence he may The boundless wastes and wilds of man survey...
Page 113 - Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower But 'twas the first to fade away ; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die.
Page 66 - Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess The might, the majesty of Loveliness...
Page 51 - What then are all these humane arts, and lights, But seas of errors ? In whose depths who sound, Of truth finde only sbadowes, and no ground.