Sir Walter Ralegh: The Last of the ElizabethansMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1935 - 387 pages |
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Page 139
... action ' had ' upon so little service and small desert ' made ' more knights than are in all the realm besides , and it is doubted that if he continue this course he will shortly bring in tag and rag , cut and long tail , and so draw ...
... action ' had ' upon so little service and small desert ' made ' more knights than are in all the realm besides , and it is doubted that if he continue this course he will shortly bring in tag and rag , cut and long tail , and so draw ...
Page 182
... action ' . That thought was one bound to occur to any conspirators , looking round for a mind and spirit that could be trusted in any peril . Brow- beaten further and further , the wretched man , a month or so later , suddenly ...
... action ' . That thought was one bound to occur to any conspirators , looking round for a mind and spirit that could be trusted in any peril . Brow- beaten further and further , the wretched man , a month or so later , suddenly ...
Page 300
... action had neither been attempted as it was , nor performed as it is , with this surviving honour . ' This tribute to the dead boy is considered by Gardiner ( as is almost everything else ) very heavy testimony against Sir Walter ...
... action had neither been attempted as it was , nor performed as it is , with this surviving honour . ' This tribute to the dead boy is considered by Gardiner ( as is almost everything else ) very heavy testimony against Sir Walter ...
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