 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...  The Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 2471828Full view - About this book
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 466 pages
...have known that he had indeed discovered a new continent, equal to the old world in magnitude, and separated by two vast oceans, from all the earth hitherto known by civilized man ! How would his magnanimous spirit have been consoled amid the afflictions of age and the cares of... | |
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