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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... became famous , or notorious , for his love of extravagant clothes , but at this stage of life he certainly could not have afforded them . Aubrey says that in his youth he was for several years ' under straits for want of money ' , and ...
... became famous , or notorious , for his love of extravagant clothes , but at this stage of life he certainly could not have afforded them . Aubrey says that in his youth he was for several years ' under straits for want of money ' , and ...
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... became a prisoner in the Tower . This may have been true , as scions of the landed gentry and the rising merchant class at that period did not necessarily expect to take a degree at their university or to learn to practise as barristers ...
... became a prisoner in the Tower . This may have been true , as scions of the landed gentry and the rising merchant class at that period did not necessarily expect to take a degree at their university or to learn to practise as barristers ...
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... became Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall , and in November Vice - Admiral of Cornwall and Devon . At a time when war threatened this was a clear sign of the Queen's confidence in his ability and enthusiasm , for the southern coasts of both ...
... became Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall , and in November Vice - Admiral of Cornwall and Devon . At a time when war threatened this was a clear sign of the Queen's confidence in his ability and enthusiasm , for the southern coasts of both ...
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