Life of Sir Walter RaleghLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 270 pages |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... 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 colonization put forth by his half - brother Humphry Gilbert . Humphry Gilbert was one of the ...
... 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 colonization put forth by his half - brother Humphry Gilbert . Humphry Gilbert was one of the ...
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... 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 and ...
... 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 and ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... seems to have been jealous of Ralegh's abilities , and unwilling to listen to the advice which Ralegh urged upon him , in the tone of an equal rather than of an inferior . In December , 1581 , Ralegh was back again in England . He was ...
... seems to have been jealous of Ralegh's abilities , and unwilling to listen to the advice which Ralegh urged upon him , in the tone of an equal rather than of an inferior . In December , 1581 , Ralegh was back again in England . He was ...
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