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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... enemy went sailing past to a point further up to the coast it might mean a six days ' march to get there . On 29 July 1588 , after so many weeks of tension , so many months of preparation , the great Spanish Armada approached the Lizard ...
... enemy went sailing past to a point further up to the coast it might mean a six days ' march to get there . On 29 July 1588 , after so many weeks of tension , so many months of preparation , the great Spanish Armada approached the Lizard ...
Page 200
... enemy of Gabriel Harvey , had made some pointed remarks in his Pierce Peniless . " 7 The reputation of Hariot , not only as a scientist and mathematician , but as an exponent of ' true knowledge ' was now to many people decidedly ...
... enemy of Gabriel Harvey , had made some pointed remarks in his Pierce Peniless . " 7 The reputation of Hariot , not only as a scientist and mathematician , but as an exponent of ' true knowledge ' was now to many people decidedly ...
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... enemy . Some , like Lords Sheffield and Percy , Northumberland's brother , were still on horseback . Other grandees ... enemies . And what did all this work on the resolution of our Raleigh ? Made it an impression of weak fear to ...
... enemy . Some , like Lords Sheffield and Percy , Northumberland's brother , were still on horseback . Other grandees ... enemies . And what did all this work on the resolution of our Raleigh ? Made it an impression of weak fear to ...
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