Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyAt the Clarendon Press, 1891 - 413 pages |
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Page 40
... gold pieces . Tradition speaks , with exaggeration as obvious , of one court dress which carried £ 60,000 worth of jewels . He loved architecture and building , gardens , pictures , books , furni- ture , and immense retinues of servants ...
... gold pieces . Tradition speaks , with exaggeration as obvious , of one court dress which carried £ 60,000 worth of jewels . He loved architecture and building , gardens , pictures , books , furni- ture , and immense retinues of servants ...
Page 43
... gold and silver acquired was reserved to the Crown . His eyes were bent on the region stretching to the north of the Gulf of Florida , and of any settled Spanish territory . In 1562 a French Protestant settlement had been attempted in ...
... gold and silver acquired was reserved to the Crown . His eyes were bent on the region stretching to the north of the Gulf of Florida , and of any settled Spanish territory . In 1562 a French Protestant settlement had been attempted in ...
Page 47
... gold and silver extracted . The Adventurers were not very active . Ralegh still felt himself responsible for the colony , if it could be described as one . Such expeditions as sailed he mainly promoted . Southey's accusation that he ...
... gold and silver extracted . The Adventurers were not very active . Ralegh still felt himself responsible for the colony , if it could be described as one . Such expeditions as sailed he mainly promoted . Southey's accusation that he ...
Page 50
... gold , he christened after one of his most celebrated patrons . Hakluyt in 1587 stated that Ralegh had thrice contributed with the forwardest to Davys's North - West voyages . From a mixture of patriotism , maritime adventurousness ...
... gold , he christened after one of his most celebrated patrons . Hakluyt in 1587 stated that Ralegh had thrice contributed with the forwardest to Davys's North - West voyages . From a mixture of patriotism , maritime adventurousness ...
Page 98
... gold , and a fork and spoon of crystal with rubies , which I reserve for the Queen . Her Majesty's captive comes after me , but I have outrid him , and will be at Dartmouth before him . ' At Dart- mouth . Ralegh never grudged praise ...
... gold , and a fork and spoon of crystal with rubies , which I reserve for the Queen . Her Majesty's captive comes after me , but I have outrid him , and will be at Dartmouth before him . ' At Dart- mouth . Ralegh never grudged praise ...
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