Sir Walter RaleighYou have lived like a star at which the world has gazed, said the judge at Sir Walter Raleigh's trial. He was fortune's tennis ball, said another contemporary, to many others he was an arrogant liar. |
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... already beginning to look thin . Grey had accepted appointment to ' that unlucky place ' Ireland with misgivings , and had no option but to obey the Queen's order . He had a literary bent , having been a patron of Gascoigne and having ...
... already beginning to look thin . Grey had accepted appointment to ' that unlucky place ' Ireland with misgivings , and had no option but to obey the Queen's order . He had a literary bent , having been a patron of Gascoigne and having ...
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... already taken refuge there . This time there were no welcoming parties by local chieftains , and Lord Boyle kept his distance – rumours of troubles had already reached him , and Pennington seems to have already had a rough reception ...
... already taken refuge there . This time there were no welcoming parties by local chieftains , and Lord Boyle kept his distance – rumours of troubles had already reached him , and Pennington seems to have already had a rough reception ...
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... already done to us , and leave us . ' But no notice was taken , and more depredations by the English followed . - The date for Gondomar's departure from London had already been arranged , but now , such was the fury in Madrid , it was ...
... already done to us , and leave us . ' But no notice was taken , and more depredations by the English followed . - The date for Gondomar's departure from London had already been arranged , but now , such was the fury in Madrid , it was ...
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