Life of Sir Walter RaleghLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 270 pages |
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... preparations to meet it . But White had the interest of the colony , where he had left his daughter , sincerely at heart . He was , as he says himself , " sundry times chargeable and troublesome unto Ralegh for the supplies and reliefes ...
... preparations to meet it . But White had the interest of the colony , where he had left his daughter , sincerely at heart . He was , as he says himself , " sundry times chargeable and troublesome unto Ralegh for the supplies and reliefes ...
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... preparations were delayed ; and though he set to work with new vigour to fit out a mighty leet , which should once for all crush these im- 1588 ] PREPARATION FOR ARMADA FIGHT . 59 pudent islanders 58 [ 1587 SIR WALTER RALEGH .
... preparations were delayed ; and though he set to work with new vigour to fit out a mighty leet , which should once for all crush these im- 1588 ] PREPARATION FOR ARMADA FIGHT . 59 pudent islanders 58 [ 1587 SIR WALTER RALEGH .
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Louise von Glehn Creighton. 1588 ] PREPARATION FOR ARMADA FIGHT . 59 pudent islanders , it could not be got ready before June , 1588 . This fleet , " the most fortunate and invincible Armada , " consisted of 132 ships , manned by 8,766 ...
Louise von Glehn Creighton. 1588 ] PREPARATION FOR ARMADA FIGHT . 59 pudent islanders , it could not be got ready before June , 1588 . This fleet , " the most fortunate and invincible Armada , " consisted of 132 ships , manned by 8,766 ...
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... preparations to defend the coast and repel an invasion , should the Spaniards be able to land . His advice seems to have been much listened to in the Queen's councils . He made large levies of the men of the Stannaries , and did all he ...
... preparations to defend the coast and repel an invasion , should the Spaniards be able to land . His advice seems to have been much listened to in the Queen's councils . He made large levies of the men of the Stannaries , and did all he ...
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... fleet on the 23rd July . He had probably been delayed on land by his preparations . Little is known of the part he played when with the fleet ; but we cannot doubt 1588 ] THE ARMADA FIGHT . 63 that where all 62 [ 1588 SIR WALTER RALEGH .
... fleet on the 23rd July . He had probably been delayed on land by his preparations . Little is known of the part he played when with the fleet ; but we cannot doubt 1588 ] THE ARMADA FIGHT . 63 that where all 62 [ 1588 SIR WALTER RALEGH .
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