 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 872 páginas
...before Columbus, and which he proposed to the governments of Italy, of Spain, and of Portugal, and for a a long time without success. The state of science...touched the heart of a noble princess, worthy the throne Avhich she adorned. The new world, which was just escaping the subtle kingcraft of Ferdinand, was saved... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 páginas
...earth is a sphere. long prevailed in Portugal ; not in stimulating the commercial thrift of Hour}' the Seventh, or the pious ambition of the Catholic...adorned. The New World, which was just escaping the subtle45 kingcraft of Ferdinand, was saved to Spain by the womanly compassiou of Isabella. 5. It is... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 480 páginas
...the mind of Columbus of the single scientific proposition, — the terraqueous" earth is a sphere. long prevailed in Portugal ; not in stimulating the...adorned. The New World, which was just escaping the subtle44 kingcraft of Ferdinand, was saved to Spain by the womanly compassion of Isabella. 5. It is... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 páginas
...not in enlisting the sympathy of his countrymen at Grcn'oa and 'reniceEi for a brave brother-sailor ; not in giving a new direction to the spirit of maritime adventure which had BO •tugal ; not in stimulating the commercial •enth, or the pious ambition of the Cxthoful perseverance... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1875 - 584 páginas
...not in enlisting the sympathy of his countrymen at Genoa and Venice, for a brave brother-sailor, — not in giving a new direction to the spirit of maritime...Portugal, — not in stimulating the commercial thrift of Hemy the Seventh, or the pious ambition of the Catholic king. His sorrowful perseverance touched the... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1885 - 556 páginas
...to that monarch the gift of a hemisphere'', the great discoverer touches upon a partial success. 7. He succeeds, not in enlisting the sympathy of his...touched the heart of a noble princess, worthy the throne whicli she adorned. The new world, which was just escaping the subtle kingcraft of Ferdinand, was saved... | |
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After years of fruitless and heart-sick solicitation, after offering in effect to this monarch and to that monarch the gift of a hemisphere, the great discoverer touches upon a partial success. He succeeds, not in enlisting the sympathy of his countrymen... 