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... Queen , quick to pick up what seemed easy money , took him up with a wager ; and Ralegh , first weighing a quantity of tobacco , smoked it and weighed the ashes . The Queen proved a sportswoman , and turned the loss of the wager off ...
... Queen , quick to pick up what seemed easy money , took him up with a wager ; and Ralegh , first weighing a quantity of tobacco , smoked it and weighed the ashes . The Queen proved a sportswoman , and turned the loss of the wager off ...
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... Queen having retired to rest , " the esquire of the body , Master Willoughby , " asked them to go also . " Sir Walter Ralegh put up his money , and went his ways . " But the Earl resented the request as an impertinence ; there was a ...
... Queen having retired to rest , " the esquire of the body , Master Willoughby , " asked them to go also . " Sir Walter Ralegh put up his money , and went his ways . " But the Earl resented the request as an impertinence ; there was a ...
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... Queen resolved on a policy ruth- lessly vigorous . Ralegh saw to it that his own name was withdrawn from nomination to the Lord Deputyship , and in any case was too much needed in the exposed counties of Devon and Cornwall . But Essex ...
... Queen resolved on a policy ruth- lessly vigorous . Ralegh saw to it that his own name was withdrawn from nomination to the Lord Deputyship , and in any case was too much needed in the exposed counties of Devon and Cornwall . But Essex ...
Contents
THE ENGLand of RaleGHS CHILDHOOD | 1 |
STUDENT AND SOLDIER | 7 |
IRELAND | 14 |
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