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... reason for writing this book is that for nearly forty years Ralegh has been a major interest of mine , and at last I found I wanted to write about him . Footnotes are out of fashion , and readers have become intolerant of documented ...
... reason for writing this book is that for nearly forty years Ralegh has been a major interest of mine , and at last I found I wanted to write about him . Footnotes are out of fashion , and readers have become intolerant of documented ...
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... reason , look into the condition of things , and those who , upon no ground but seeming fancies , and affecting credit with profit , frame " plots " upon impossibilities for others to execute . But some of Ralegh's criticisms begin to ...
... reason , look into the condition of things , and those who , upon no ground but seeming fancies , and affecting credit with profit , frame " plots " upon impossibilities for others to execute . But some of Ralegh's criticisms begin to ...
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... reason of other employments of great importance imposed on him by the late Queen . " As to the reason for his not coming now , Har- court was silent . But he bragged to them of England's new ruler , and he told them he intended to ...
... reason of other employments of great importance imposed on him by the late Queen . " As to the reason for his not coming now , Har- court was silent . But he bragged to them of England's new ruler , and he told them he intended to ...
Contents
THE ENGLand of RaleGHS CHILDHOOD | 1 |
STUDENT AND SOLDIER | 7 |
IRELAND | 14 |
Copyright | |
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