Life of Sir Walter RaleghLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 270 pages |
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... minds of beginners . For this purpose concise handbooks are seldom useful . General sketches , however accurate in ... mind , which may stimulate to further reading . A vivid impression of one period , however short , will carry the ...
... minds of beginners . For this purpose concise handbooks are seldom useful . General sketches , however accurate in ... mind , which may stimulate to further reading . A vivid impression of one period , however short , will carry the ...
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... minds . Moreover , whilst sharing so busily in the present , he looked on to the future , and dis- cerned the way in which his country could grow in wealth and power beyond what any one at that time ... mind delighted in far 2 INTRODUCTION .
... minds . Moreover , whilst sharing so busily in the present , he looked on to the future , and dis- cerned the way in which his country could grow in wealth and power beyond what any one at that time ... mind delighted in far 2 INTRODUCTION .
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Louise von Glehn Creighton. commerce . INTRODUCTION . 3 Ralegh's mind delighted in far - reaching schemes . Envious of the wealth gained by Spain from her colonies , he wished to see his own country bene- fited in the same way . He ...
Louise von Glehn Creighton. commerce . INTRODUCTION . 3 Ralegh's mind delighted in far - reaching schemes . Envious of the wealth gained by Spain from her colonies , he wished to see his own country bene- fited in the same way . He ...
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... minds . at the accession of Elizabeth . Of these and such like things he must have heard his elders talk ; but we know nothing of the immediate influences which affected his boyhood . • He was born at the manor - house of Hayes , near ...
... minds . at the accession of Elizabeth . Of these and such like things he must have heard his elders talk ; but we know nothing of the immediate influences which affected his boyhood . • He was born at the manor - house of Hayes , near ...
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... mind was turned away from schemes of colo- nization to other interests . He was now twenty- seven years old , and had already seen much of life . His daring love of adventure had already shown itself , and that strong hatred of Spanish ...
... mind was turned away from schemes of colo- nization to other interests . He was now twenty- seven years old , and had already seen much of life . His daring love of adventure had already shown itself , and that strong hatred of Spanish ...
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