Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyAt the Clarendon Press, 1891 - 413 pages |
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... present the fascination of his career , and at once the copiousness of information on it , and its mysteries , have at- tracted a multitude of commentators . His character has been repeatedly analyzed by essayists , subtle as Macvey ...
... present the fascination of his career , and at once the copiousness of information on it , and its mysteries , have at- tracted a multitude of commentators . His character has been repeatedly analyzed by essayists , subtle as Macvey ...
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... present inclination of local archæologists seems to be to assume that they were not buried at Exeter at all . It is hard to assent in the face of Ralegh's words . At all events , nothing else of any kind is remembered of the pair ; or ...
... present inclination of local archæologists seems to be to assume that they were not buried at Exeter at all . It is hard to assent in the face of Ralegh's words . At all events , nothing else of any kind is remembered of the pair ; or ...
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... present at the battle of Jarnac . The time covered the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day , August 24 , 1572. But there is no foundation for the story that he was then in Paris , and was one of the Englishmen sheltered in Walsingham's ...
... present at the battle of Jarnac . The time covered the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day , August 24 , 1572. But there is no foundation for the story that he was then in Paris , and was one of the Englishmen sheltered in Walsingham's ...
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... present . ' Anjou himself quitted England in February , 1582 ; to assume the sovereignty of the Netherlands . Ralegh again was of the company sent to introduce the Duke to the Queen's allies . He stayed behind the rest , and was ...
... present . ' Anjou himself quitted England in February , 1582 ; to assume the sovereignty of the Netherlands . Ralegh again was of the company sent to introduce the Duke to the Queen's allies . He stayed behind the rest , and was ...
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... present instance no evidence has been discovered that Babington's overtures were countenanced in the least by Ralegh , or that he accepted money for urging them . Five years separated the needy Munster Captain from the Lord Warden of ...
... present instance no evidence has been discovered that Babington's overtures were countenanced in the least by Ralegh , or that he accepted money for urging them . Five years separated the needy Munster Captain from the Lord Warden of ...
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