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... lives were lived in stirring times . The intention is to treat their lives and times in some little detail and to group round them the most distinctive features of the periods before and after those in which they lived . It is hoped ...
... lives were lived in stirring times . The intention is to treat their lives and times in some little detail and to group round them the most distinctive features of the periods before and after those in which they lived . It is hoped ...
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... live on their estates , and it could hardly be expected that they would do so , unless some means existed to defend them from the tur- bulence of the native Irish . To maintain order in the country the presence of a large body of well ...
... live on their estates , and it could hardly be expected that they would do so , unless some means existed to defend them from the tur- bulence of the native Irish . To maintain order in the country the presence of a large body of well ...
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... 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 with which the ...
... 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 with which the ...
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... his favour with the Queen . The expedition was therefore entrusted to Ralph Lane and Sir Richard Grenville , both men who had led stirring lives , and taken part in Irish and Continental wars . They left Plymouth on the.
... his favour with the Queen . The expedition was therefore entrusted to Ralph Lane and Sir Richard Grenville , both men who had led stirring lives , and taken part in Irish and Continental wars . They left Plymouth on the.
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... live upon shell - fish . Lane's vigilance , however , prevented the plots of the natives from being successful . When it came to a trial of strength , their supe- rior arms gave victory to the white men , and the natives fled , whilst ...
... live upon shell - fish . Lane's vigilance , however , prevented the plots of the natives from being successful . When it came to a trial of strength , their supe- rior arms gave victory to the white men , and the natives fled , whilst ...
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