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... history for the unique personality it reveals , with all its wealth of subtlety , courage , and versatility . . . . The Ralegh who has stamped himself upon English history , who has fascinated English imagina- tion , is not so much the ...
... history for the unique personality it reveals , with all its wealth of subtlety , courage , and versatility . . . . The Ralegh who has stamped himself upon English history , who has fascinated English imagina- tion , is not so much the ...
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... History of the Old World . FRANCIS OSBORNE . Here writ was the World's History by his hand Whose steps knew all the earth ; albeit his world In these few piteous paces then was furl'd . Here daily , hourly , have his proud feet spann'd ...
... History of the Old World . FRANCIS OSBORNE . Here writ was the World's History by his hand Whose steps knew all the earth ; albeit his world In these few piteous paces then was furl'd . Here daily , hourly , have his proud feet spann'd ...
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... History , is of opinion that " the piece on the Pu- nick war " makes an awkward and clumsy wedge in the narrative.15 Jonson was not the only helper . Assistance came by means of the same tyranny that had ruined him . In 1606 his ...
... History , is of opinion that " the piece on the Pu- nick war " makes an awkward and clumsy wedge in the narrative.15 Jonson was not the only helper . Assistance came by means of the same tyranny that had ruined him . In 1606 his ...
Contents
THE ENGLand of RaleGHS CHILDHOOD | 1 |
STUDENT AND SOLDIER | 7 |
IRELAND | 14 |
Copyright | |
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