The Life and Voyages of Christopher ColumbusStereotyped by James Conner, for G. & C. Carvill, 1829 - 311 страници |
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... natural genius , who appear to form them- selves ; who , from having to contend at their very outset with privations and impediments , acquire an intrepidity in braving and a facility in vanquishing difficulties . Such men learn to ...
... natural genius , who appear to form them- selves ; who , from having to contend at their very outset with privations and impediments , acquire an intrepidity in braving and a facility in vanquishing difficulties . Such men learn to ...
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... nature of his conceptions gave an elevation to his spirit , and a dignity and loftiness to his whole demeanour . He conferred with sovereigns al- most with a feeling of equality . His proposed discovery was of empires ; his conditions ...
... nature of his conceptions gave an elevation to his spirit , and a dignity and loftiness to his whole demeanour . He conferred with sovereigns al- most with a feeling of equality . His proposed discovery was of empires ; his conditions ...
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... natural genius . Some of the as- sembly entertained the popular notion , that he was an adventurer , or , at best , a visionary ; and others had that morbid impatience of any innovation upon established doctrine , which is apt to grow ...
... natural genius . Some of the as- sembly entertained the popular notion , that he was an adventurer , or , at best , a visionary ; and others had that morbid impatience of any innovation upon established doctrine , which is apt to grow ...
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... nature , and more dignified tone , were advanced on the authority of St. Augustine . He pronounces the doctrine of antipodes incompatible with the historical foundations of our faith ; since , to assert that there were inhabited lands ...
... nature , and more dignified tone , were advanced on the authority of St. Augustine . He pronounces the doctrine of antipodes incompatible with the historical foundations of our faith ; since , to assert that there were inhabited lands ...
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... nature of his auditory ; but he had a degree of religious feeling , which gave him a confidence in the examination of what he conceived his great errand , and he was of an ardent temperament , that became heated in action by its own ...
... nature of his auditory ; but he had a degree of religious feeling , which gave him a confidence in the examination of what he conceived his great errand , and he was of an ardent temperament , that became heated in action by its own ...
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Страница 103 - Raising him in the most gracious manner, they ordered him to seat himself in their presence ; a rare honour in this proud and punctilious court.
Страница 105 - A shallow courtier present, impatient of the honours paid to Columbus, and meanly jealous of him as a foreigner, abruptly asked him whether he thought that, in case he had not discovered the Indies, there were not other men in Spain, who would have been capable of the enterprise? To this Columbus made no immediate reply, but, taking an egg, invited the company to make it stand on one end. Every one attempted it...
Страница 63 - They saw it once or twice afterwards in sudden and passing gleams ; as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves ; or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them ; Columbus, however, considered them as certain signs of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited.
Страница 293 - All his great enterprises were undertaken in the name of the Holy Trinity, and he partook of the holy sacrament previous to embarkation. He observed the festivals of the church in the wildest situations. The Sabbath was to him a day of sacred rest, on which he would never sail from a port unless in case of extreme necessity.
Страница 17 - Throughout his life he was noted for strict attention to the offices of religion, observing rigorously the fasts and ceremonies of the church ; nor did his piety consist in mere forms, but partook of that lofty and solemn enthusiasm with which his whole character was strongly tinctured.
Страница 63 - Triana ; but the reward was afterwards adjudged to the admiral, for having previously perceived the light. The land was now clearly seen about two leagues distant, whereupon they took in sail, and laid to, waiting impatiently for the dawn. The thoughts and feelings of Columbus in this little space of time must have been tumultuous and intense. At length in spite of every difficulty and danger, he had accomplished his object. The great mystery of the ocean was revealed; his theory, which had been...
Страница 292 - Columbus was a man of quick sensibility, liable to great excitement, to sudden and strong impressions, and powerful impulses. He was naturally irritable and impetuous, and keenly sensible to injury and injustice ; yet the quickness of his temper was counteracted by the benevolence and generosity of his heart. The magnanimity of his nature shone forth through all the troubles of his stormy career.
Страница 65 - On landing he threw himself on his knees, kissed the earth, and returned thanks to God with tears of joy. His example was followed by the rest, whose hearts indeed overflowed with the same feelings of gratitude.
Страница 103 - ... came ; and certainly nothing could be more deeply moving, to a mind inflamed by noble ambition, and conscious of having greatly deserved, than these testimonials of the admiration and gratitude of a nation, or rather of a world.
Страница 296 - And how would his magnanimous spirit have been consoled, amidst the afflictions of age and the cares of penury, the neglect of a fickle public, and the injustice of an ungrateful king, could he have anticipated the splendid empires which were to spread over the beautiful world he had discovered ; and the nations, and tongues, and languages which were to fill its lands with his renown, and to revere and bless his name to the latest posterity !