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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... brought over ninety - nine settlers , many from his family circle ( though they too may not have spent much time there ) , such as his future son - in - law Christopher Harris . Warham St Leger had brought over forty - six settlers ...
... brought over ninety - nine settlers , many from his family circle ( though they too may not have spent much time there ) , such as his future son - in - law Christopher Harris . Warham St Leger had brought over forty - six settlers ...
Page 255
... brought back . It would seem that by then the assayers had agreed that the ' spar ' did have some gold . Other stones were worthless , some being marca- site or ' fool's gold ' , as Raleigh had suspected . The diamonds were more ...
... brought back . It would seem that by then the assayers had agreed that the ' spar ' did have some gold . Other stones were worthless , some being marca- site or ' fool's gold ' , as Raleigh had suspected . The diamonds were more ...
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... brought up the matter of the book which Cobham said had been given to him by Raleigh . This turned out to be by a certain Robert Snagge , and was about the right of Mary Queen of Scots , and therefore James , to the English throne ...
... brought up the matter of the book which Cobham said had been given to him by Raleigh . This turned out to be by a certain Robert Snagge , and was about the right of Mary Queen of Scots , and therefore James , to the English throne ...
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