Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyAt the Clarendon Press, 1891 - 413 pages |
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... lives with larger pretensions to critical research have been printed , by William Oldys in 1736 , Thomas Birch in 1751 , Arthur Cayley in 1805 , Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges in 1813 , Mrs. A. T. Thomson in 1830 , Patrick Fraser Tytler in ...
... lives with larger pretensions to critical research have been printed , by William Oldys in 1736 , Thomas Birch in 1751 , Arthur Cayley in 1805 , Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges in 1813 , Mrs. A. T. Thomson in 1830 , Patrick Fraser Tytler in ...
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... live his life according to his nature . The multiplicity of his interests separates him from others of his mental level . He loved power , both the contest for it and its exercise . coveted money for its uses , and equally for the ...
... live his life according to his nature . The multiplicity of his interests separates him from others of his mental level . He loved power , both the contest for it and its exercise . coveted money for its uses , and equally for the ...
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... live , ' he wrote just before his fall , ' to see it an English nation . ' In 1606 a new and strong colony was sent out , Reward of and his confidence was justified . From an old account of the career of his nephew , Captain Ralph ...
... live , ' he wrote just before his fall , ' to see it an English nation . ' In 1606 a new and strong colony was sent out , Reward of and his confidence was justified . From an old account of the career of his nephew , Captain Ralph ...
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... lives . His air of conscious superiority silenced opposition , but was resented . Neither a mob , nor Howards and Percies pardoned his assumption of an infinite superiority of capacity . His gaiety and splendour were treated as proofs ...
... lives . His air of conscious superiority silenced opposition , but was resented . Neither a mob , nor Howards and Percies pardoned his assumption of an infinite superiority of capacity . His gaiety and splendour were treated as proofs ...
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... live on terms of amity with rival in all essential respects infi- nitely his superior . Persuaded that she could not dispense with himself , he persisted in putting her to her option between them . The rank and file at Elizabeth's Court ...
... live on terms of amity with rival in all essential respects infi- nitely his superior . Persuaded that she could not dispense with himself , he persisted in putting her to her option between them . The rank and file at Elizabeth's Court ...
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