Sir Walter RaleighMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1904 - 292 pages |
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... . Even Drake , direct and straight- forward by nature , something of a Puritan by in- herited tendency , was forced at times to have recourse I DATE OF BIRTH 3 to tortuous methods in order 2 CHAP . SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
... . Even Drake , direct and straight- forward by nature , something of a Puritan by in- herited tendency , was forced at times to have recourse I DATE OF BIRTH 3 to tortuous methods in order 2 CHAP . SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
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... natural disposition I have to that place , being borne in that house , I had rather seat myself there than anywhere else . " The actual name Hayes does not occur in the letter , but there is no room for doubt that Sir Walter referred to ...
... natural disposition I have to that place , being borne in that house , I had rather seat myself there than anywhere else . " The actual name Hayes does not occur in the letter , but there is no room for doubt that Sir Walter referred to ...
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... natural parts were strangely advanced by academical learning , so that he became the ornament of the juniors of his year , and attained proficiency in oratory and philosophy . His I AT OXFORD 13 ready wit was evidently an Oxford 12 CHAP ...
... natural parts were strangely advanced by academical learning , so that he became the ornament of the juniors of his year , and attained proficiency in oratory and philosophy . His I AT OXFORD 13 ready wit was evidently an Oxford 12 CHAP ...
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... natural instincts were undoubtedly in favour of conciliation ; her unstatesmanlike opportunism led only to disastrous failure . It is true that had the country been left to itself its fate would probably have been little better ; for ...
... natural instincts were undoubtedly in favour of conciliation ; her unstatesmanlike opportunism led only to disastrous failure . It is true that had the country been left to itself its fate would probably have been little better ; for ...
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... , and it is more natural to assume that his present favourable reception , as well as his original nomination to a captaincy of infantry , was due to his family connection with the influential wife of Henry Ashley , 37.
... , and it is more natural to assume that his present favourable reception , as well as his original nomination to a captaincy of infantry , was due to his family connection with the influential wife of Henry Ashley , 37.
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Page 292 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Page 292 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Page 232 - You shall receive, my dear wife, my last words, in these my last lines. My love I send you, that you may keep when I am dead ; and my counsel, that you may remember it when I am no more. I would not, with my...
Page 85 - Moncado, with the galleys of which he was captain; and from Calais, driven with squibs from their anchors, were chased out of the sight of England round about Scotland and Ireland; where, for the sympathy of their religion, hoping to find succour and assistance, a great part of them were crushed against the rocks...
Page 85 - ... that landed, being very many in number, were notwithstanding broken, slain and taken, and so sent from village to village, coupled in halters to be shipped into England, where her Majesty, of her princely and invincible disposition disdaining to put them to death, and scorning either to retain or entertain them, they were all sent back again to their countries, to witness and recount the worthy achievements of their invincible and dreadful navy, of which the number of soldiers, the fearful burthen...
Page 233 - ... for me, which, though they have not taken effect as you wished, yet my debt to you is not the less ; but pay it I never shall in this world.
Page 59 - Give me leave, therefore, without offence, always to live and die in this mind: that he is not worthy to live at all that, for fear or danger of death, shunneth his country's service and his own honour, seeing that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue immortal, wherefore in this behalf mutare vel timere sperno.
Page 123 - ... without bush or stubble, all fair green grass, the ground of hard sand easy to march on, either for horse or foot, the deer crossing in every path, the birds towards...