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Page 7
... seems to have distinguished himself by the eagerness with which he studied,
and the rapid progress he made. We know as few particulars of his college life as
we do of his early youth. Lord Bacon tells us one story about him. He writes ...
... seems to have distinguished himself by the eagerness with which he studied,
and the rapid progress he made. We know as few particulars of his college life as
we do of his early youth. Lord Bacon tells us one story about him. He writes ...
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He made friends with many of the gay noblemen who crowded to Elizabeth's
Court ; but he does not seem at this time to have frequented the Court, or drawn
upon himself the notice of the Queen. He was much interested in the schemes for
...
He made friends with many of the gay noblemen who crowded to Elizabeth's
Court ; but he does not seem at this time to have frequented the Court, or drawn
upon himself the notice of the Queen. He was much interested in the schemes for
...
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From the first Ealegh seems to have believed that nothing but the most vigorous
measures, and the most ruthless severity to the rebels, would avail to bring order
into Ireland. As it was, the Irish chieftains carried on a ceaseless war of pillage ...
From the first Ealegh seems to have believed that nothing but the most vigorous
measures, and the most ruthless severity to the rebels, would avail to bring order
into Ireland. As it was, the Irish chieftains carried on a ceaseless war of pillage ...
Page 19
It seems that no lives were saved except those of the officers of rank, who were
distributed amongst Grey's favourite officers, that they might profit by their
ransoms. The horrors of the massacre are a clear sign of the bitter hatred with
which the ...
It seems that no lives were saved except those of the officers of rank, who were
distributed amongst Grey's favourite officers, that they might profit by their
ransoms. The horrors of the massacre are a clear sign of the bitter hatred with
which the ...
Page 20
Active and clear-sighted, he was full of schemes for the better government of the
province ; but he and Lord Grey did not get on well together. Grey seems to have
been jealous of Ealegh's abilities, and unwilling to listen to the advice which ...
Active and clear-sighted, he was full of schemes for the better government of the
province ; but he and Lord Grey did not get on well together. Grey seems to have
been jealous of Ealegh's abilities, and unwilling to listen to the advice which ...
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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...
Bibliographic information
| 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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