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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... sailed past her palace at Greenwich . And so England belatedly had entered the imperial competition for the New World . Frobisher's voyages , though ultimately disappointing , provided vital lessons not only for future explorers and ...
... sailed past her palace at Greenwich . And so England belatedly had entered the imperial competition for the New World . Frobisher's voyages , though ultimately disappointing , provided vital lessons not only for future explorers and ...
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... sailed on to Hispaniola . Here they were met with great hospitality by the local governor , who entertained them with a bull fight . Perhaps it was realized that this was the safest way of dealing with such a heavily armed and ...
... sailed on to Hispaniola . Here they were met with great hospitality by the local governor , who entertained them with a bull fight . Perhaps it was realized that this was the safest way of dealing with such a heavily armed and ...
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... sailed , there was more trouble with Essex . It seems that the Queen had given permission for Raleigh to take part in the expedition , but had said that Essex must stay behind . Indignant , and in his impulsive way , Essex left London ...
... sailed , there was more trouble with Essex . It seems that the Queen had given permission for Raleigh to take part in the expedition , but had said that Essex must stay behind . Indignant , and in his impulsive way , Essex left London ...
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