Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyAt the Clarendon Press, 1891 - 413 pages |
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... officers who had abetted the project . Mr. St. John , a former biographer of Ralegh , has fancied that Ralegh's hand can be detected in the design as laid in writing before Elizabeth . Mr. Spedding is inclined to agree , on account of ...
... officers who had abetted the project . Mr. St. John , a former biographer of Ralegh , has fancied that Ralegh's hand can be detected in the design as laid in writing before Elizabeth . Mr. Spedding is inclined to agree , on account of ...
Page 17
... officers were held to ransom . The act was that of the Deputy . Afterwards it was discovered that the massacre excited general horror through Europe . Attempts were made to repudiate sympathy with it on the Queen's part . Bacon wrote ...
... officers were held to ransom . The act was that of the Deputy . Afterwards it was discovered that the massacre excited general horror through Europe . Attempts were made to repudiate sympathy with it on the Queen's part . Bacon wrote ...
Page 18
... officers at her discretion . Per- sonally Ralegh cannot be accounted amenable for the atrocity . He is not named in Grey's despatch to the Council . But it would be folly to pretend that he disapproved it . Hooker , his eulogist ...
... officers at her discretion . Per- sonally Ralegh cannot be accounted amenable for the atrocity . He is not named in Grey's despatch to the Council . But it would be folly to pretend that he disapproved it . Hooker , his eulogist ...
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... officer have an evil sound . Ralegh's apology , such as it is , must be sought in his just sense of a masterly capacity . He knew he was right ; from the point of view of the prevalent Elizabethan policy towards Ireland , though not ...
... officer have an evil sound . Ralegh's apology , such as it is , must be sought in his just sense of a masterly capacity . He knew he was right ; from the point of view of the prevalent Elizabethan policy towards Ireland , though not ...
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... officer as ruthless to Irishmen as himself , who was appointed Governor of the province in August , 1581 , worked on the same lines . It became practicable to disband part of the English forces . Ralegh's own company was paid off with ...
... officer as ruthless to Irishmen as himself , who was appointed Governor of the province in August , 1581 , worked on the same lines . It became practicable to disband part of the English forces . Ralegh's own company was paid off with ...
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