Selected WritingsCarcanet, 1984 - 294 pages |
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Page 82
... given me a Cassado at parting , if it had been possible . For although he had given order through all the Island that no Indian should come aboard to trade with me upon pain of hanging and quartering , ( having executed two of them for ...
... given me a Cassado at parting , if it had been possible . For although he had given order through all the Island that no Indian should come aboard to trade with me upon pain of hanging and quartering , ( having executed two of them for ...
Page 126
... given us life in our understanding , since the world itself had life and beginning , even to this day : yea it hath triumphed over time , which besides it , nothing but eternity hath triumphed over : for it hath carried our knowledge ...
... given us life in our understanding , since the world itself had life and beginning , even to this day : yea it hath triumphed over time , which besides it , nothing but eternity hath triumphed over : for it hath carried our knowledge ...
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... given order for the laying of a bridge over the River of Ticinus , did not neglect to use the best arguments and reasons he could , to encourage the Army he led : putting them in mind of the great conquests and victories of their ...
... given order for the laying of a bridge over the River of Ticinus , did not neglect to use the best arguments and reasons he could , to encourage the Army he led : putting them in mind of the great conquests and victories of their ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Metrical translations from the History of | 21 |
A farewell to false Love | 27 |
Copyright | |
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