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... LUSIAD OF CAMOENS . THE Portuguese boast of Camoens , as the Italians do of Tasso . The discovery of the East Indies by Vasco de Gama , an , enterprise alike splendid and in- teresting , is the subject of the poem of Camoens . The ...
... LUSIAD OF CAMOENS . THE Portuguese boast of Camoens , as the Italians do of Tasso . The discovery of the East Indies by Vasco de Gama , an , enterprise alike splendid and in- teresting , is the subject of the poem of Camoens . The ...
Page 237
... Lusiad is perfectly extrava- gant ; being formed of an odd mixture of Christian ideas and Pagan mythology . Pagan divinities appear to be the deities ; and Christ and the Holy Virgin to be inferior agents . One great object , however ...
... Lusiad is perfectly extrava- gant ; being formed of an odd mixture of Christian ideas and Pagan mythology . Pagan divinities appear to be the deities ; and Christ and the Holy Virgin to be inferior agents . One great object , however ...
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