Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyClarendon Press, 1899 - 413 pages |
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Page viii
... once the copiousness of information on it , and its mysteries , have at- tracted a multitude of commentators . His character has been repeatedly analysed by essayists , subtle as Macvey Napier , eloquent as Charles Kingsley . There has ...
... once the copiousness of information on it , and its mysteries , have at- tracted a multitude of commentators . His character has been repeatedly analysed by essayists , subtle as Macvey Napier , eloquent as Charles Kingsley . There has ...
Page ix
... once independent and in unison the poet , statesman , courtier , schemer , patriot , soldier , sailor , freebooter , discoverer , colonist , castle - builder , historian , philosopher , chemist , prisoner , and visionary . The variety ...
... once independent and in unison the poet , statesman , courtier , schemer , patriot , soldier , sailor , freebooter , discoverer , colonist , castle - builder , historian , philosopher , chemist , prisoner , and visionary . The variety ...
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... once wealthy CHAP . I. and distinguished . At one period five knightly branches of → the house flourished simultaneously in the county . In the reign of Henry III a Ralegh had been Justiciary . There were genealogists who , though ...
... once wealthy CHAP . I. and distinguished . At one period five knightly branches of → the house flourished simultaneously in the county . In the reign of Henry III a Ralegh had been Justiciary . There were genealogists who , though ...
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... once renders the chronology of the Athenae impossible , and that of the Oriel list hard to understand . Ralegh is known to have been out of England for part , if not the whole , of 1569 , and is believed with good cause to have remained ...
... once renders the chronology of the Athenae impossible , and that of the Oriel list hard to understand . Ralegh is known to have been out of England for part , if not the whole , of 1569 , and is believed with good cause to have remained ...
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... once more , and darkness swallows up Ferocities of his individuality . He tells one anecdote in the History of the manner in which the Huguenots chased Catholics in the hills of Languedoc . They tracked the fugitives to caverns half way ...
... once more , and darkness swallows up Ferocities of his individuality . He tells one anecdote in the History of the manner in which the Huguenots chased Catholics in the hills of Languedoc . They tracked the fugitives to caverns half way ...
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