Sir Walter Ralegh: The Last of the ElizabethansMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1935 - 387 pages |
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Page 61
... believed not inferior to any man , to pleasure or displeasure the greatest , and my opinion is so received and believed as I can anger the best of them . And therefore , if the Deputy be not as ready to stead me as I have bin to defend ...
... believed not inferior to any man , to pleasure or displeasure the greatest , and my opinion is so received and believed as I can anger the best of them . And therefore , if the Deputy be not as ready to stead me as I have bin to defend ...
Page 276
... believed devoutly in Guiana and thought that with luck he could ' bring the goods home ' . He could not both pay and sail ; and he was playing for far higher stakes than mere safety - for the chance to bring himself and his abilities ...
... believed devoutly in Guiana and thought that with luck he could ' bring the goods home ' . He could not both pay and sail ; and he was playing for far higher stakes than mere safety - for the chance to bring himself and his abilities ...
Page 295
... believed that their ' second mine ' was as rich as the first , if not richer ; Indian testimony impressed them- reasonably , since their generation was close to the one which had seen Peru's astounding wealth unveiled . But they lived ...
... believed that their ' second mine ' was as rich as the first , if not richer ; Indian testimony impressed them- reasonably , since their generation was close to the one which had seen Peru's astounding wealth unveiled . But they lived ...
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