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Page 203 - He did not feel the driver's whip, Nor the burning heat of day; For death had illuminated the Land of Sleep, And his lifeless body lay A worn-out fetter, that the Soul Had broken and thrown away.
Page 124 - at Istria over Frederick Barbarossa, in defence of the Pope's quarrel. When his Holiness gave the ring he desired the Doge to throw a similar one into the sea every year on
Page 214 - We see what was the reward that the Prince deserved at the hands of Our Lord for having thus given them the chance of Salvation, and not only them but many others whom he afterwards
Page 124 - a gold ring from his own finger in token of the victory achieved by the
Page 301 - en autre intention sinon cuidant faire partir de son camp aucuns des plus notables, pour
Page 212 - they had given in His service, and to reward them and pay them for their expenses, suffered them to capture men, women, and youths to the number of 165, besides those that were slain.
Page 65 - He spent whole days and nights studying, experimenting, meditating, bent over the primitive geographical charts of his time, not speculating on the vague fanciful theories of theology or metaphysics, but seeking ever after positive realities, facts which could be applied to the everyday things of life. Like the
Page 230 - crowded with pilgrims returning from Mecca. The Arabs, seeing resistance hopeless, offered an enormous ransom, which the admiral accepted, and yet ordered the vessel to be fired. The poor wretches succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but the merciless da Gama ordered his men to rekindle them. An eye-witness
Page 22 - zeal. The early voyagers looked upon themselves, with a curious naive simplicity, not only as merchant adventurers, but also as harbingers of the Cross of Christ, sent to bring light out of darkness. They were as eager to save the souls of the heathen from the
Page 20 - immediately answered that such a tournament as proposed would not be anything like so worthy an object as an expedition against some valorous foe, whereby they might gain some real chivalrous distinction infinitely greater than was possible by any mere formal ceremony.