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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... live in , but some had to live out , or preferred to do so as it gave them more freedom . So the bed that Raleigh shared with Stephen Powle may not have been in constant use . Sharing a bed , it must be hurriedly added , was common then ...
... live in , but some had to live out , or preferred to do so as it gave them more freedom . So the bed that Raleigh shared with Stephen Powle may not have been in constant use . Sharing a bed , it must be hurriedly added , was common then ...
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... live so long ' . Raleigh therefore at once shot off a letter to Cecil , rather pathetically and prematurely assuming that a pardon might also soon be arranged . " First he dutifully thanked Cecil for having helped to save his life and ...
... live so long ' . Raleigh therefore at once shot off a letter to Cecil , rather pathetically and prematurely assuming that a pardon might also soon be arranged . " First he dutifully thanked Cecil for having helped to save his life and ...
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... live . I refer you to Mr Secretary Winwood's letter , who will give you a copy of it , if you send for it . Therein you shall know what hath passed which I have written by that letter , for my brains are broken , and ' tis a torment for ...
... live . I refer you to Mr Secretary Winwood's letter , who will give you a copy of it , if you send for it . Therein you shall know what hath passed which I have written by that letter , for my brains are broken , and ' tis a torment for ...
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