Sir Walter Ralegh: The Last of the ElizabethansMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1935 - 387 pages |
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Page 115
... carried with a sudden fury , and with little loss ' . Here Ralegh's story loses its first - hand quality , for towards the end of the naval fight he was severely wounded , his leg being ' interlaced and deformed with splin- ters ' . He ...
... carried with a sudden fury , and with little loss ' . Here Ralegh's story loses its first - hand quality , for towards the end of the naval fight he was severely wounded , his leg being ' interlaced and deformed with splin- ters ' . He ...
Page 168
... carry the cannon to Durham House , that he had this time twelve months to carry it to Essex House , to prove what sport ... carried out his promise , and his coals scorched . ' Always collecting all the money he could - though no one has ...
... carry the cannon to Durham House , that he had this time twelve months to carry it to Essex House , to prove what sport ... carried out his promise , and his coals scorched . ' Always collecting all the money he could - though no one has ...
Page 277
... carried treasure amounting to over two and a half millions sterling . ' But then you will be pirates ! ' ' Oh , no ! who ever heard of men being pirates for millions ? ' And of course , Ralegh was right . If he had brought back such ...
... carried treasure amounting to over two and a half millions sterling . ' But then you will be pirates ! ' ' Oh , no ! who ever heard of men being pirates for millions ? ' And of course , Ralegh was right . If he had brought back such ...
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