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But now , in 1592 , he wisely took his cue from the Queen , whose wrath burned against Ralegh as it never burned against men who had made a lesser dent on her susceptibilities , and he expressed himself as appalled by Ralegh's ...
But now , in 1592 , he wisely took his cue from the Queen , whose wrath burned against Ralegh as it never burned against men who had made a lesser dent on her susceptibilities , and he expressed himself as appalled by Ralegh's ...
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He took alarm on his release , writing to the King of Spain ( April 27 , 1616 ) that he wanted leave to visit Madrid , to see the latter personally about English maritime schemes , especially the formation of another company for Guiana ...
He took alarm on his release , writing to the King of Spain ( April 27 , 1616 ) that he wanted leave to visit Madrid , to see the latter personally about English maritime schemes , especially the formation of another company for Guiana ...
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No one took the scattering of wild oats of this brave kind seriously , and it is clear that there must have been something very taking about the younger Walter . His father's pride in him was great . But he was plainly not fitted for a ...
No one took the scattering of wild oats of this brave kind seriously , and it is clear that there must have been something very taking about the younger Walter . His father's pride in him was great . But he was plainly not fitted for a ...
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| Title | Sir Walter Ralegh: The Last of the Elizabethans |
| Author | Edward John Thompson |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, Limited, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Jan 2008 |
| ISBN | 818868130X, 9788188681303 |
| Length | 387 pages |
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