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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... hand and whole arm ... ' . Cecil very probably dismissed this outburst as yet another piece of self - dramatization , but there could have been some truth in it , as several months later in the following year Raleigh's physician Dr ...
... hand and whole arm ... ' . Cecil very probably dismissed this outburst as yet another piece of self - dramatization , but there could have been some truth in it , as several months later in the following year Raleigh's physician Dr ...
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... hand , a Protestant , Frederick , Elector Palatine , and by 1611 it had been decided in his favour . As James loved to imagine himself in the role of peacemaker in Europe , he was now wavering towards a Catholic alliance by Henry's ...
... hand , a Protestant , Frederick , Elector Palatine , and by 1611 it had been decided in his favour . As James loved to imagine himself in the role of peacemaker in Europe , he was now wavering towards a Catholic alliance by Henry's ...
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... hand without wearing gloves . It was the custom in England for men to greet ladies by kissing them on the lips , but ... hands in the blood of bucks and stags , doing cheerfully everything that his Majesty does and in this way chiefly he ...
... hand without wearing gloves . It was the custom in England for men to greet ladies by kissing them on the lips , but ... hands in the blood of bucks and stags , doing cheerfully everything that his Majesty does and in this way chiefly he ...
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