 Leader still our present state demands, To guide to vengeance our impatient bands; Fit for this hardy task that Chief I deem, Who longest may sustain a massive beam: Your rank is equal, let your force be tried And for the strongest let his strength decide."...  The Geographical, Natural and Civil History of Chili - Page 5by Giovanni Ignazio Molina - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Juan Bautista Ignacio Molina - 1808 - 396 pages
...world's control. These gracious gifts, not gratefully beheld, To this dire strife your daring minds impell'd. " But on your generous valour I depend,...to bestow on him the title of General : but in the B moment he is exulting in this new honour, Caupolican arrives •without attendants. Though from his... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1855 - 350 pages
...the strongest, let his limbs decide." They acquiesce in the proposal. The beam is produced, and is of a size so enormous, that the poet declares himself afraid to specify its weight. The first chie,'tains who engage in the trial, support it on their shoulders four and six hours each ; Tucapel... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 560 pages
...that Chief I deem, Who longest may sustain a massive beam: Your rank is equal, let your force be tried And for the strongest let his strength decide." The...general : but in the moment he is exulting in this new honor, Caupolican arrives without attendants. Though from his birth one darkened eye he drew (The viewless... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 pages
...that Chief I deem, Who longest may sustain a massive beam: Your rank is equal, let your force be tried And for the strongest let his strength decide." The...general : but in the moment he is exulting in this new honor, Caupolican arrives without attendants. Though from his birth one darkened eye he drew (The viewless... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...Chief I deem, Who longest may sustain a massive beam : Your rank is equal, let your force be tried And for the strongest let his strength decide." The...general : but in the moment he is exulting in this new honor, Caupolican arrives without attendants. Though from his birth one darkened eye he drew (The viewless... | |
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