Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyAt the Clarendon Press, 1891 - 413 pages |
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... Lord Campbell , and Spedding have discussed the technical justice of his trials and sentences . No historian , from Camden and de Thou , to Hume , Lingard , Hallam , and Gardiner , has been able to abstain from debating his merits and ...
... Lord Campbell , and Spedding have discussed the technical justice of his trials and sentences . No historian , from Camden and de Thou , to Hume , Lingard , Hallam , and Gardiner , has been able to abstain from debating his merits and ...
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... Lord Deputy was Lord Grey of Wilton , whose views were generally as stern as Ralegh's . Edmund Spenser was assistant secretary to Grey , and held as austere a theory of Irish government . Ralegh in November , 1580 , was with Lord Grey's ...
... Lord Deputy was Lord Grey of Wilton , whose views were generally as stern as Ralegh's . Edmund Spenser was assistant secretary to Grey , and held as austere a theory of Irish government . Ralegh in November , 1580 , was with Lord Grey's ...
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... Lord Barry . Barry was one of the Irish nobles whose loyalty was not fixed . Ralegh desired to convince the class of the futility of resistance by sudden blows . His courage in this instance was more apparent than his wisdom . He had ...
... Lord Barry . Barry was one of the Irish nobles whose loyalty was not fixed . Ralegh desired to convince the class of the futility of resistance by sudden blows . His courage in this instance was more apparent than his wisdom . He had ...
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... Lord Roche professed much loyalty , and entertained the intruders courteously at dinner . He refused to accompany Ralegh on his return till he was shown that the castle was in the hands of the English soldiers . Reluctantly he yielded ...
... Lord Roche professed much loyalty , and entertained the intruders courteously at dinner . He refused to accompany Ralegh on his return till he was shown that the castle was in the hands of the English soldiers . Reluctantly he yielded ...
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... lords . Discontent . Denunciations of a general by his officer have an evil sound . Ralegh's apology , such as it is ... Lord Leicester . He desired ' to put the Earl in mind of his affection , having to the world both professed and ...
... lords . Discontent . Denunciations of a general by his officer have an evil sound . Ralegh's apology , such as it is ... Lord Leicester . He desired ' to put the Earl in mind of his affection , having to the world both professed and ...
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