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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... matter of higher policy . Such , as Anthony Bacon said , was the ' deep and inscrutable centre of the Court , which ... matters , he could refer to the Lord Lieutenant , representing the Privy Council . Now Raleigh held both positions ...
... matter of higher policy . Such , as Anthony Bacon said , was the ' deep and inscrutable centre of the Court , which ... matters , he could refer to the Lord Lieutenant , representing the Privy Council . Now Raleigh held both positions ...
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... matter , said Whyte , Raleigh also ' doth little like it ' . The matter was indeed urgent , because the last Lord Deputy , Lord Burgh , had died after only a few months in office , rumoured to have been poisoned , though more likely it ...
... matter , said Whyte , Raleigh also ' doth little like it ' . The matter was indeed urgent , because the last Lord Deputy , Lord Burgh , had died after only a few months in office , rumoured to have been poisoned , though more likely it ...
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... 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 . Raleigh denied ...
... 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 . Raleigh denied ...
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