Sir Richard Grenville: The Turbulent Life and Career of the Hero of the Little "Revenge" |
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... took to a roving life on the sea as naturally as a bird takes to the air . He was nearly thirty years old ; young , as we view such things to - day , but compara- tively old in Elizabeth's days , and it was time that things should ...
... took to a roving life on the sea as naturally as a bird takes to the air . He was nearly thirty years old ; young , as we view such things to - day , but compara- tively old in Elizabeth's days , and it was time that things should ...
Page 102
... took sole ownership upon his shoulders , and so absolved William Hawkins from the possibility of attack . Hawkins , he said , had helped him to fit out the Castle of Comfort for a voyage to Newfoundland , in which he himself was to have ...
... took sole ownership upon his shoulders , and so absolved William Hawkins from the possibility of attack . Hawkins , he said , had helped him to fit out the Castle of Comfort for a voyage to Newfoundland , in which he himself was to have ...
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... took part . The proceedings concluded happily with the exchange of gifts and compliments . But , said one of the Englishmen - it sounds like Grenville himself - on returning to the ships , " I always mistrust Spanish politeness . Had we ...
... took part . The proceedings concluded happily with the exchange of gifts and compliments . But , said one of the Englishmen - it sounds like Grenville himself - on returning to the ships , " I always mistrust Spanish politeness . Had we ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 19 |
THE SHERIFF OF CORK | 49 |
THE GERALDINES | 57 |
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