Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyAt the Clarendon Press, 1891 - 413 pages |
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A Biography William Stebbing. STANFOR LIBRARY Gift of The English Department From the Library of Professor Hoyt H. Hudson WAL EGH 1 SIR WALTER RALEGH STEBBING London HENRY FROWDE DOM.
A Biography William Stebbing. STANFOR LIBRARY Gift of The English Department From the Library of Professor Hoyt H. Hudson WAL EGH 1 SIR WALTER RALEGH STEBBING London HENRY FROWDE DOM.
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... English assistants , though they had countenanced , would not care to chronicle minutely . To Ralegh's keen sight the struggle would soon have displayed itself shorn of the glamour of religious enthusiasm . He regarded it simply as a ...
... English assistants , though they had countenanced , would not care to chronicle minutely . To Ralegh's keen sight the struggle would soon have displayed itself shorn of the glamour of religious enthusiasm . He regarded it simply as a ...
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... English home , he may have paid a flying visit or visits to his brother , Sir Humphrey Gilbert , who commanded a regiment of the English auxiliaries . The dates are not in- compatible even with a statement that he fought at the battle ...
... English home , he may have paid a flying visit or visits to his brother , Sir Humphrey Gilbert , who commanded a regiment of the English auxiliaries . The dates are not in- compatible even with a statement that he fought at the battle ...
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... English Government might , in proof of good faith , punish any naval 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 ...
... English Government might , in proof of good faith , punish any naval 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 ...
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... English camp . Ralegh asked their destination . ' To hang up English churls ! ' ' Well , ' retorted Ralegh , ' they will do for an Irishman ; ' and the prisoner was strung up by them accordingly . It is a savage legend which deserves to ...
... English camp . Ralegh asked their destination . ' To hang up English churls ! ' ' Well , ' retorted Ralegh , ' they will do for an Irishman ; ' and the prisoner was strung up by them accordingly . It is a savage legend which deserves to ...
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Page 48 - I had no joy to be in any place, but loath to be near about her, when I knew my affection so much thrown down and such a wretch as Ralegh highly esteemed of her.