 | 1828 - 722 pagine
...of the reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until his last breath he entertained the idea that he had merely opened a new...ancient Ophir which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 538 pagine
...the reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until "his last breath, he entertained the idea that he had merely opened a new...ancient Ophir, which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have... | |
 | 1828 - 638 pagine
...the reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of Ikis discovery. Until his last breath, he entertained the idea that he had merely opened a new...ancient Ophir, which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Finna were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have... | |
 | 1828 - 496 pagine
...of the reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until his last breath be entertained the idea that he had merely opened a new way to tho old resorts of opulent commerce, and had discovered some of the wild regions of the East. He supposed... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pagine
...of the reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until his last breath he entertained the idea that he had merely opened a new...ancient Ophir which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have... | |
 | 1831 - 418 pagine
...of the reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of the discovery. Until his last breath he entertained the idea that he had merely opened a new...ancient Ophir which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pagine
...the reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until his last breath, he entertained the idea, that he had merely opened a...ancient Ophir, which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pagine
...to the whole of the old world in magnitude, and separated by two vast oceans 25 his last breath, he entertained the idea, that he had merely opened a...ancient Ophir which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, 35 from all the earth hitherto known by civilized man; and how would this magnanimous spirit... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1833 - 366 pagine
..." He (Columbus) died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until his last breath, he entertained the idea that he had merely opened a new...ancient Ophir, which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia. What visions of glory would have... | |
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With all the visionary fervor of his imagination, its fondest dreams fell short of the reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until his last breath he entertained the idea that he had merely opened a new way to the old resorts... 
