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... present, he looked on to the future, and discerned the way in which his country
could grow in wealth and power beyond what any one at that time dreamed of as
possible. INTRODUCTION. 3 Ealegh's mind delighted in far-reaching schemes.
... present, he looked on to the future, and discerned the way in which his country
could grow in wealth and power beyond what any one at that time dreamed of as
possible. INTRODUCTION. 3 Ealegh's mind delighted in far-reaching schemes.
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They looked like anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying out of their
graves, they did eat the dead carions, happy where they could find them ; yea,
and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to ...
They looked like anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying out of their
graves, they did eat the dead carions, happy where they could find them ; yea,
and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to ...
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There were many other striking figures about the court when Ealegh first made
his appearance there, and many must have looked upon the new favourite with
disgust and envy; but most men were too full of other thoughts to be much
occupied ...
There were many other striking figures about the court when Ealegh first made
his appearance there, and many must have looked upon the new favourite with
disgust and envy; but most men were too full of other thoughts to be much
occupied ...
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He looked upon this as the most important part of his proceedings ; for he said, "
The discovery of a good mine, by the goodness of God, or a passage to the South
Sea, or some way to it, and nothing else, can bring this country in request to be ...
He looked upon this as the most important part of his proceedings ; for he said, "
The discovery of a good mine, by the goodness of God, or a passage to the South
Sea, or some way to it, and nothing else, can bring this country in request to be ...
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Some, he says, "after gold and silver was not so soon found as was by them
looked for, had little or no care of anything else but to pamper their bellies." Some
had "little understanding, less discretion, and more tongue than was needfull or ...
Some, he says, "after gold and silver was not so soon found as was by them
looked for, had little or no care of anything else but to pamper their bellies." Some
had "little understanding, less discretion, and more tongue than was needfull or ...
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Page 94 - scapes i' the imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery; of my redemption thence, And portance in my travel's history : (Wherein of antres vast, and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak), — such was my process; — And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Page 57 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Page 162 - Your words cannot condemn me ; my innocency is my defence. Prove one of these things wherewith you have charged me, and I will confess the whole indictment, and that I am the horriblest traitor that ever lived, and worthy to be crucified with a thousand thousand torments. " Attorney. Nay, I will prove all : thou art a monster ; thou hast an English face, but a Spanish heart.
Page 247 - Even such is Time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.
Page 73 - My heart was never broken till this day, that I hear the queen goes away so far off, whom I have followed so many years with so great love and desire in so many journeys, and am now left behind her in a dark prison all alone. While she was yet...
Page 118 - Table;* her Bosom was uncovered, as all the English Ladies have it, till they marry; and she had on a Necklace of exceeding fine Jewels; her Hands were small, her Fingers long, and her Stature neither tall nor low; her Air was stately, her Manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Page 119 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.
Page 56 - Let tyrants fear ... I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects...
Page 118 - ... next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant, her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black...
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| Title | Life of Sir Walter Ralegh Creighton (M.) Historical Biographies No. 3 Hist. biogr Volume 3 of Historical biographies |
| Author | Louise Creighton |
| Publisher | Rivington's, 1877 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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