Next morning broke upon a lovely view: no wonder that the Tagus is the pride of Portuguese bards. From Wordnik.com. [To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I] Reference
To prevent the junction of the Spanish and French fleets, the Tagus was the station fixed upon by Lord St. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference
I was three hours in swimming across the Tagus, which is much more hazardous, being two hours longer than the. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals] Reference
While pale they stare, thro 'Tagus' temples riven. From Wordnik.com. [Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1] Reference
Three days more and they were at the mouth of the Tagus. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
The mould whereon thou treadest shall be of Tagus 'sands. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of English Drama] Reference
These carried them up the Tagus into the heart of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Columbus was driven by stress of weather to anchor in the Tagus. From Wordnik.com. [Sanders' Union Fourth Reader] Reference
Terrain: mountainous north of the Tagus, rolling plains in south. From Wordnik.com. [The 1995 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Tagus, he found that the passage of the river would be disputed. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
The situation is grand, on the north bank of the river Tagus, in lat. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832] Reference
Castle, and is the first building on the south side toward the Tagus. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 400, November 21, 1829] Reference
His Majesty's Ship Hibernia, 22 leagues west of the Tagus, Dec. 1, 1807. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
While the fleet remained at anchor in the Tagus, his majesty's ships the. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1] Reference
France -- the Ebro, the Tagus, and the Douro in Spain -- the Po in Italy. From Wordnik.com. [A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c.] Reference
This interesting city is situated on the Tagus, near the Atlantic Ocean. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
Was it not in 1514 that Blasco de Garay set a steamboat afloat on the Tagus?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Alcantara is situated at the mouth of a narrow valley opening upon the Tagus. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832] Reference
What are other rivers -- your Seine, and Garonne, and Tagus -- compared with him?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
The river, stretching wide as an estuary, was thronged with merchandise as the Tagus or the. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
Opposite Belem Castle, and on the southern shore of the Tagus, is the small fort of Torre Velha. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832] Reference
In the third year, Quintus Caecilius, we will combine our two armies and crush him on the Tagus. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
The Roman snake wound on through the rolling uplands at a good pace, heading now for the Tagus at Turmuli. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Our beloved Pius was forced to retreat for the winter into Olisippo on the Tagus, with Sertorius on his tail. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
The army would march on the north bank of the Tagus towards Madrid and the river would guard their right flank. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
Tagus rises, does contain such excavations as Rolando employed for such purposes as Rolando mentions, (1, 3, 11.). From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
The day before he left the Tagus, information was received that the enemy's fleets had both left the Mediterranean. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference
They knew where to find the gold and silver from the rivers -- indeed, they said that the coast, from the Tagus to the. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
It is the fourth day of our voyage, and we are in sight of the high land of the Torres Vedras, at the mouth of the Tagus. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
The whole army was here disembarked, to operate against Lisbon by land, while the fleet proceeded to the mouth of the Tagus. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
The Dutch, also, performed some ceremony in passing the rocks, then called Barlingots, which lie off the mouth of the Tagus. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862] Reference
On the plain beyond, hidden by the trees where the Alberche River emptied itself into the Tagus, came the crackle of musketry. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
It had stood through two millennia over the waters of the Tagus, and the old stonework yielded slowly to the modern explosives. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
Presumably someone at Turmuli on the Tagus had sent a message to Sertorius that the Romans were passing through-but not up the Tagus. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
He tells us of a people living north of the Tagus, who slept on the ground, fed on acorn-bread, and wore black cloaks by day and night. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Portugal, where we remained three days viewing the architectural and natural sights of the great commercial and shipping city of the Tagus. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference
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