Sir Walter Ralegh: The Last of the ElizabethansMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1935 - 387 pages |
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... reason , look into the condition of things , and those who , upon no ground but seeming fancies , and affecting credit with profit , frame ' plots ' upon impossibilities for others to execute . But some of Ralegh's criticisms begin to ...
... reason , look into the condition of things , and those who , upon no ground but seeming fancies , and affecting credit with profit , frame ' plots ' upon impossibilities for others to execute . But some of Ralegh's criticisms begin to ...
Page 77
... reason of the island ' but reported by an English captain , Middleton , who in the light confident manner of his countrymen coolly kept abreast for three days while he took stock of their strength . The English had ' scarce time to ...
... reason of the island ' but reported by an English captain , Middleton , who in the light confident manner of his countrymen coolly kept abreast for three days while he took stock of their strength . The English had ' scarce time to ...
Page 352
... reason , that he wanted a chance to write out his defence . That explanation would have seemed hard on the King , implying that the King was intending to rush him out of life . In courtesy Ralegh sup- pressed it , saying , ' I did it to ...
... reason , that he wanted a chance to write out his defence . That explanation would have seemed hard on the King , implying that the King was intending to rush him out of life . In courtesy Ralegh sup- pressed it , saying , ' I did it to ...
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