| Luís de Camões - 1776 - 674 ページ
...they told their dread efcape, . And from her raging tempefts, named the ' Cape. '« Thou fouthmoft point," the joyful king exclaimed, " Cape of Good Hope, be thou for ever named ! " Onward my filets fhall dare the dreadful way, " And find the regions of the infant day." In vain... | |
| Luís de Camões - 1809 - 278 ページ
...heavens ; loud on their awe-struck ear Great Nature seem'd to call, Approach not here— At Lisboa's court they told their dread escape, And from her raging tempests, named the Cape*. " Thou southmost point," the joyful king exclaim'd, " Cape of Good Hope, be thou for ever named! Onward my... | |
| Luís de Camões - 1809 - 288 ページ
...heavens ; loud on their awe-struck ear Great Nature seem'd to call, Approach not here — At Lisboa's court they told their dread escape, And from her raging tempests, named the Cape*. " Thou southmost point," the joyful king exclaim'tl, ''' Cape of Good Hope, be thou for ever named ! Onward... | |
| 1866 - 728 ページ
...night ; May passing seamen bless the land that gave Birth to thy being, ships and lives to save ! " At Lisbon's court they told their dread escape, " And from her raging tempests nam'd the Cape : " Thou southmost point, the joyful King exclaim'd, " ' Cape of Good Hope,' be thou... | |
| William Henry B. Webster - 1834 - 442 ページ
...Vine.—The Observatory.— Capital Punishments.—lU^peet of the Malays to the Bishop of Calcutta.—Dutch Hospitality and Customs. AT daybreak on the 16th July...Africa, with a view to find a direct and easy route to theEast Indies, underBartholomewDiaz, in 1486, they encountered such a continuance of boisterous weather... | |
| 1835 - 466 ページ
...appeared to present of acquiring wealth and grandeur, emphatically named it the Cape of Good Hope : " At Lisbon's court they told their dread escape, And...exclaimed, • Cape of Good Hope be thou for ever named !' MicUe'l Luiiai. " Nevertheless, the early fame of its boisterous sea has not suffered in after-times,... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 ページ
...on the return of the adventurers to Lisbon in December 1487, as related by Camoens — ' At Lisboa's court they told their dread escape, And from her raging tempests, named the Cape. Thou southmost Point, the joyful king exclaimed, Cape of Good Hope be thou for ever named.' In October 1492,... | |
| Henry John Whitfeld - 1852 - 244 ページ
...was brought to Alphonso of Portugal, according to Camoens in the Lusiad, — " ' No Cape of storms ' the joyful king exclaimed, " ' Cape of Good Hope ' be thou for ever named." hand, is the half-way mark between Penzance and Scilly, the Wolf — that is, the Gulf — rock, and... | |
| 1856 - 580 ページ
...on the return of the adventurers to Lisbon in December 1487, as related by Camoens — ' At Liaboa's court they told their dread escape, And from her raging tempests, named the Cape. Thou southmost Point, the joyful king exclaimed, Cape of Good Hope be thou for ever named.' In October 1492,... | |
| Frank Boott Goodrich - 1858 - 656 ページ
...appropriate appellation. The Portuguese poet, Camoens, thus alludes to this circumstance : " At Lisboa's court they told their dread escape, And from her raging tempests named the Cape. 'Thou southmost point,' the joyful king exclaimed, ' CAPE OF GOOD HOPE be thou forever named 1' " Successful... | |
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