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Page 199
... told him he " deserved the rack , " but did not threaten him with it . The Other Commisioners . It was more than we knew . That interlude stands out , after all this lapse of time , more tellingly than any dramatist could invent it ...
... told him he " deserved the rack , " but did not threaten him with it . The Other Commisioners . It was more than we knew . That interlude stands out , after all this lapse of time , more tellingly than any dramatist could invent it ...
Page 328
... told under more awful pressure ? What chance had he of being believed if he told the truth , that Kemys had not looked for the proper mine at all ? As it was , the King and Bacon and the rest had great fun over the mine's movable ...
... told under more awful pressure ? What chance had he of being believed if he told the truth , that Kemys had not looked for the proper mine at all ? As it was , the King and Bacon and the rest had great fun over the mine's movable ...
Page 375
... told Ralegh " and " This is what Ral- egh said , " he gave him a bit of special inside information : I then pressed him to call to mind what he had done formerly ; and though perhaps in that particular , for which he was condemned , he ...
... told Ralegh " and " This is what Ral- egh said , " he gave him a bit of special inside information : I then pressed him to call to mind what he had done formerly ; and though perhaps in that particular , for which he was condemned , he ...
Contents
THE ENGLand of RaleGHS CHILDHOOD | 1 |
STUDENT AND SOLDIER | 7 |
IRELAND | 14 |
Copyright | |
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