Camoëns
Americannoun
noun
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In this and other descriptions of Nature Camoëns shows more of the scientific spirit than any other poet of his time.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
It is interesting to note that through "The Lusiads" Camoëns was permitted to return to Portugal to end his days, he having been banished twice because his views were too outspoken.
From Travels in the Far East by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
The author of the Portuguese epic, Luis de Camoëns, was born at Lisbon in 1524.
From The Book of the Epic by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
Macao's chief claim to renown is its association with Camoëns, the great Portuguese poet of the sixteenth century, whose epic poem, "The Lusiads," has been translated into most known languages.
From Travels in the Far East by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
If you would know Portugal in her great age of discovery and conquest and national expansion, read the "Lusiads" of Camoëns.
From Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews by Clayton Meeker Hamilton
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