"Columbo" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... remained here nine days, when we again made sail. In the morning of the 28th we had sight of Ceylon, some eight or nine leagues E.S.E. being in lat. 7 deg. N. At 4 p.m. we were close in with that island, in thirteen, fifteen, and sixteen fathoms. The 1st of March, at 6 p.m. we were abreast of Columbo, the lat. of which is about 6 deg. 30' N. [7 deg. 2']; having twenty-four and twenty-five fathoms three leagues off. The 12th we stood in with the land, and anchored in twenty-four fathoms, the wind being S.E. and S. I sent my boat ashore ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX. • Robert Kerr
... parenti Vna caput seri nata nepotis alit, 120 Qui, cum divitiis vix tandem inventus avitis Nomen testatas intulit in tabulas, Inpia derisi gentilis gaudia tollens Suscitat a cano volturium capiti: Nec tantum niveo gavisast ulla columbo 125 Conpar, quae multo dicitur inprobius Oscula mordenti semper decerpere rostro, Quam quae praecipue multivolast mulier. Sed tu horum magnos vicisti sola furores, Vt semel es flavo conciliata viro. 130 Aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna ...
— The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus • Caius Valerius Catullus
... tantum niveo gavisa est ulla columbo Compar, vel si quid dicitur improbius, Oscula mordenti semper decerpere rostro, Quantum praecipue multivola ...
— Shakspere And Montaigne • Jacob Feis
... of amity and commerce with the king of Columbo, who furnished the Portuguese with cinnamon; and Soarez went thither at this time, by order of the king of Portugal, to construct a fort at Columbo, and to reduce the prince of that country to pay tribute. On this occasion his fleet consisted ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI - Early English Voyages Of Discovery To America • Robert Kerr |
