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Page 18
... desire was to take the fort of Del Oro , where a new force of Spanish and Italian soldiers had just landed . Their com- manders did all they could to stir up the Irish to make still more extensive plans of rebellion . The English were ...
... desire was to take the fort of Del Oro , where a new force of Spanish and Italian soldiers had just landed . Their com- manders did all they could to stir up the Irish to make still more extensive plans of rebellion . The English were ...
Page 39
... desire to find the north - west passage which made Humphry Gilbert first embark on his voyages . The scheme of finding out a passage to Cathay had been dropped for a time ; but when he was only twenty - five years old , Gilbert began to ...
... desire to find the north - west passage which made Humphry Gilbert first embark on his voyages . The scheme of finding out a passage to Cathay had been dropped for a time ; but when he was only twenty - five years old , Gilbert began to ...
Page 41
... desire to discover a north- western passage to Cathay , others by hatred of the Spaniards and love of Spanish treasure ; others again , though as yet only a small body , by a desire to found English colonies in America , and so to open ...
... desire to discover a north- western passage to Cathay , others by hatred of the Spaniards and love of Spanish treasure ; others again , though as yet only a small body , by a desire to found English colonies in America , and so to open ...
Page 77
... desire in so many journeys , and am now left be- hind her , in a dark prison all alone . While she was yet nigh at hand , that I might hear of her once in two or three days , my sorrows were the less : but even now my heart is cast into ...
... desire in so many journeys , and am now left be- hind her , in a dark prison all alone . While she was yet nigh at hand , that I might hear of her once in two or three days , my sorrows were the less : but even now my heart is cast into ...
Page 79
... desire to lay hands on the booty , and it was absolutely necessary that some commanding spirit should be there to keep order . " To bring this to some good effect , " wrote Sir John Hawkins , " Sir Walter Ralegh is the very man . " Sir ...
... desire to lay hands on the booty , and it was absolutely necessary that some commanding spirit should be there to keep order . " To bring this to some good effect , " wrote Sir John Hawkins , " Sir Walter Ralegh is the very man . " Sir ...
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