Sir Walter Ralegh: The Last of the ElizabethansMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1935 - 387 pages |
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... ( present as Lord Grey's personal secretary ) went out of his way to defend his master from the charge that he had been cruel , and had even broken promises ( or , at any rate , half - promises ) of quarter . Apologists stressed , and ...
... ( present as Lord Grey's personal secretary ) went out of his way to defend his master from the charge that he had been cruel , and had even broken promises ( or , at any rate , half - promises ) of quarter . Apologists stressed , and ...
Page 149
... present in his son , 1 took control of his dis- ordered brain . The chaplain he had asked for showed him his guilt . Essex exhorted his secretary , Henry Cuff ( who was to die a far un- pleasanter death than the easy one allotted to one ...
... present in his son , 1 took control of his dis- ordered brain . The chaplain he had asked for showed him his guilt . Essex exhorted his secretary , Henry Cuff ( who was to die a far un- pleasanter death than the easy one allotted to one ...
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... present . Cecil drove home his victory by a fierce ' slating ' of Essex , who stood there trapped by his own folly , the noises of his own self - deception at last drowned by the plashing of Charon's oars . James had agents present ...
... present . Cecil drove home his victory by a fierce ' slating ' of Essex , who stood there trapped by his own folly , the noises of his own self - deception at last drowned by the plashing of Charon's oars . James had agents present ...
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