Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyClarendon Press, 1899 - 413 pages |
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... followed by the anonymous and tolerably industrious narrative attributed variously to John , Benjamin , and James , Shirley in 1677 , and Lewis Theobald's meagre sketch in 1719 , a dozen or more lives with larger pretensions to critical ...
... followed by the anonymous and tolerably industrious narrative attributed variously to John , Benjamin , and James , Shirley in 1677 , and Lewis Theobald's meagre sketch in 1719 , a dozen or more lives with larger pretensions to critical ...
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... followed by a second victory on the next day , forced the Catholic insurgents to raise the siege of Exeter , which they had been blockading since July 2 . In Peril of Death . He was no fair weather theologian . His Protestantism out ...
... followed by a second victory on the next day , forced the Catholic insurgents to raise the siege of Exeter , which they had been blockading since July 2 . In Peril of Death . He was no fair weather theologian . His Protestantism out ...
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... followed , the Earl of Sussex has been credited with the elevation of Ralegh , as a counterpoise to Leicester . Neither the one noble nor the other , it was supposed , could have patriotically desired to enrol in the public service the ...
... followed , the Earl of Sussex has been credited with the elevation of Ralegh , as a counterpoise to Leicester . Neither the one noble nor the other , it was supposed , could have patriotically desired to enrol in the public service the ...
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... followed the idea of the moment . Lord Burleigh wrote Rawly . Robert Cecil wrote to him as Rawley , Raleigh , and Ralegh . A secretary of Cecil wrote Raweley and Raw- legh . King James , for whom in Scotland he had been Raulie , wrote ...
... followed the idea of the moment . Lord Burleigh wrote Rawly . Robert Cecil wrote to him as Rawley , Raleigh , and Ralegh . A secretary of Cecil wrote Raweley and Raw- legh . King James , for whom in Scotland he had been Raulie , wrote ...
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... followed . He has not been as fortunate in gaining and keeping the ear of the reading public . For that a poet has not only to be born , but to be made . Ralegh had a poet's gifts . He had music in his soul . He chose to think for ...
... followed . He has not been as fortunate in gaining and keeping the ear of the reading public . For that a poet has not only to be born , but to be made . Ralegh had a poet's gifts . He had music in his soul . He chose to think for ...
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