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... Robert Cecil , awkward and deformed , was in no danger " 1o of being either . He dazzled nobody , but won and kept success by a scrupulous avoidance of risk , and by a steady undeviating mediocrity which was his by gift of nature . He ...
... Robert Cecil , awkward and deformed , was in no danger " 1o of being either . He dazzled nobody , but won and kept success by a scrupulous avoidance of risk , and by a steady undeviating mediocrity which was his by gift of nature . He ...
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... Robert Cecil took it as a jest , gaily noting that both sinners " will dwell in the Tower a while . " But now , in 1592 , he wisely took his cue from the Queen , whose wrath burned against Ralegh as it never burned against men who had ...
... Robert Cecil took it as a jest , gaily noting that both sinners " will dwell in the Tower a while . " But now , in 1592 , he wisely took his cue from the Queen , whose wrath burned against Ralegh as it never burned against men who had ...
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... Robert , Memoirs of Robert Cary , Earl of Monmouth ( 1808 ed . ) . Cayley , A. , Life of Sir Walter Raleigh , 2 vols . ( 1806 ) . Cecil , Algernon , Life of Robert Cecil , First Earl of Salisbury ( 1915 ) . Cecil MSS . , Historical MSS ...
... Robert , Memoirs of Robert Cary , Earl of Monmouth ( 1808 ed . ) . Cayley , A. , Life of Sir Walter Raleigh , 2 vols . ( 1806 ) . Cecil , Algernon , Life of Robert Cecil , First Earl of Salisbury ( 1915 ) . Cecil MSS . , Historical MSS ...
Contents
THE ENGLand of RaleGHS CHILDHOOD | 1 |
STUDENT AND SOLDIER | 7 |
IRELAND | 14 |
Copyright | |
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