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... family , but neither very rich nor very powerful . Walter's father , also called Walter , had been thrice married . Walter was the second son of the third wife , Katherine Champernowne . She had CHAPTER I WALTER RALEGH'S YOUTH.
... family , but neither very rich nor very powerful . Walter's father , also called Walter , had been thrice married . Walter was the second son of the third wife , Katherine Champernowne . She had CHAPTER I WALTER RALEGH'S YOUTH.
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... rich and plentifull country , full of corn and cattle , yet ere one year and a half they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would have rued the same . Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping ...
... rich and plentifull country , full of corn and cattle , yet ere one year and a half they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would have rued the same . Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping ...
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... rich fruits from their voyages to the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland as did the Spaniards in more southern regions . But Cabot was convinced , as his father had been , that it would be possible to discover a new north- western ...
... rich fruits from their voyages to the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland as did the Spaniards in more southern regions . But Cabot was convinced , as his father had been , that it would be possible to discover a new north- western ...
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... a colony in Newfound- land . He was not rich enough to undertake the expedition solely at his own expense , and so got others to share with him the risks and possible profits of the expedition . Ralegh contributed a vessel ,
... a colony in Newfound- land . He was not rich enough to undertake the expedition solely at his own expense , and so got others to share with him the risks and possible profits of the expedition . Ralegh contributed a vessel ,
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... rich , either by gain- ing booty from the Spaniards or by robbing the natives . On the way he loitered about the seas , hoping to fall in with Spanish vessels , and when he reached Virginia , on the 26th June , he did nothing to help ...
... rich , either by gain- ing booty from the Spaniards or by robbing the natives . On the way he loitered about the seas , hoping to fall in with Spanish vessels , and when he reached Virginia , on the 26th June , he did nothing to help ...
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