Life of Sir Walter RaleghLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 270 pages |
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... Philip II . , King of Spain , the most bigoted champion of Catholicism in Europe , had gained over their Protestant brethren in the Netherlands . Their first attempt was a failure , and for a time there . was again peace . But in 1568 ...
... Philip II . , King of Spain , the most bigoted champion of Catholicism in Europe , had gained over their Protestant brethren in the Netherlands . Their first attempt was a failure , and for a time there . was again peace . But in 1568 ...
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... Philip II . in his own waters , plunder his vessels and even his colonies , and bring home from the Spanish Main great store of booty . She did not interfere to prevent bands of English volunteers joining the Huguenot forces in France ...
... Philip II . in his own waters , plunder his vessels and even his colonies , and bring home from the Spanish Main great store of booty . She did not interfere to prevent bands of English volunteers joining the Huguenot forces in France ...
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... Philip II . might be nominally at peace , on the ocean at least there was ceaseless war between their sub- jects . In this struggle the English ships were worsted . The ships and the spirits of the men . suffered so much by this ...
... Philip II . might be nominally at peace , on the ocean at least there was ceaseless war between their sub- jects . In this struggle the English ships were worsted . The ships and the spirits of the men . suffered so much by this ...
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... Philip II . and the Catholic party in Europe generally to suppose that there was , and so to use Ireland as ground from which Elizabeth's power might easily be attacked . No means seemed more likely to bring order and civilization into ...
... Philip II . and the Catholic party in Europe generally to suppose that there was , and so to use Ireland as ground from which Elizabeth's power might easily be attacked . No means seemed more likely to bring order and civilization into ...
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... Philip Sidney . He took the office unwillingly ; and in his efforts to do his duty as deputy he met with little encouragement from Elizabeth , who , on the contrary , seemed always to throw hindrances in his way . He was at last ...
... Philip Sidney . He took the office unwillingly ; and in his efforts to do his duty as deputy he met with little encouragement from Elizabeth , who , on the contrary , seemed always to throw hindrances in his way . He was at last ...
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