Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyAt the Clarendon Press, 1891 - 413 pages |
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... nature . While he knows it would be absurdly unjust to accept the verdict of Ralegh's jealous and envious world on his intentions , he has to beware of construing malicious persecution as equivalent to proof of angelic in- nocence . One ...
... nature . While he knows it would be absurdly unjust to accept the verdict of Ralegh's jealous and envious world on his intentions , he has to beware of construing malicious persecution as equivalent to proof of angelic in- nocence . One ...
Page 7
... natural curiosity of posterity that his extra- ordinary endowments in the second respect are not traceable in anecdotes of his childhood . Naturally a local legend reports him to have loved the society of adventurous mariners . Sir John ...
... natural curiosity of posterity that his extra- ordinary endowments in the second respect are not traceable in anecdotes of his childhood . Naturally a local legend reports him to have loved the society of adventurous mariners . Sir John ...
Page 8
... natural parts being strangely advanced by academical learning , under the care of an excellent tutor , he became the ornament of the juniors , and was worthily esteemed a proficient in oratory and philosophy . ' It is exceedingly likely ...
... natural parts being strangely advanced by academical learning , under the care of an excellent tutor , he became the ornament of the juniors , and was worthily esteemed a proficient in oratory and philosophy . ' It is exceedingly likely ...
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... natural to suppose that Ralegh's Irish campaigns were con- cerned with his sudden rise at Court . Thenceforward he was a high authority on Irish policy . His Irish experience con- tinued to be the sheet - anchor of his ascendency with ...
... natural to suppose that Ralegh's Irish campaigns were con- cerned with his sudden rise at Court . Thenceforward he was a high authority on Irish policy . His Irish experience con- tinued to be the sheet - anchor of his ascendency with ...
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... nature which ripens late . As a boy at home , as an undergraduate at Oxford , as an adventurer in France , as a ... natural wit and a better judgment , with a bold and plausible tongue , whereby he could set out his parts to the best ...
... nature which ripens late . As a boy at home , as an undergraduate at Oxford , as an adventurer in France , as a ... natural wit and a better judgment , with a bold and plausible tongue , whereby he could set out his parts to the best ...
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