. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages. PORTUGAL, though now often re-garded as an obscure corner ofEurope, has a noble past, his-torical and literary. Camoensand Sa de Miranda were thedevelopers of its speechinto a great literary belonged to thePortuguese heroic period,when the nation was full ofchivalry, when Lisbon wasthe centre of gayety andluxury. Noble captains notonly performed great deeds,but literature flourished equally with the arts. Heroes wonfor their fatherland a lofty place. Alas, bigotry and narrow-mindedness crept in
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages. PORTUGAL, though now often re-garded as an obscure corner ofEurope, has a noble past, his-torical and literary. Camoensand Sa de Miranda were thedevelopers of its speechinto a great literary belonged to thePortuguese heroic period,when the nation was full ofchivalry, when Lisbon wasthe centre of gayety andluxury. Noble captains notonly performed great deeds,but literature flourished equally with the arts. Heroes wonfor their fatherland a lofty place. Alas, bigotry and narrow-mindedness crept in ; hastily acquired wealth and luxury ener-vated, until the once lofty people sank into insignificance. The old name of Lisbon (Olisipo) was identified with thatof the hero of the Odyssey, meaning the city of Ulysses, andPortugal was called by her writers Lusitania. They delightedin clinging to the classic name. Modern writers cling tothe Roman, and prove that the duumviri and boni homineshave their places in the present government; everywhere aretraces of Roman rule. Personal a
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