Sir Walter Ralegh: The Last of the ElizabethansMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1935 - 387 pages |
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Page 191
... witness against Ralegh was the most damaging witness of all , showing up his devilish cunning . ' Such was Ralegh's secrecy and machiavellian policy in these courses , that ... he would talk with none but Cobham ; because , saith he ...
... witness against Ralegh was the most damaging witness of all , showing up his devilish cunning . ' Such was Ralegh's secrecy and machiavellian policy in these courses , that ... he would talk with none but Cobham ; because , saith he ...
Page 303
... witness for the defence the only witness likely to be any use . It is true that that witness , if Ralegh had really abandoned him to speak for himself , might have ended on the gallows . But , whatever he might say in the agony of ...
... witness for the defence the only witness likely to be any use . It is true that that witness , if Ralegh had really abandoned him to speak for himself , might have ended on the gallows . But , whatever he might say in the agony of ...
Page 350
... witness to a falsehood at any time is a grievous sin , and what shall he hope for at the Tribunal Day of Judgment ? But to call God to witness to a falsehood at the time of Death is far more grievous and impious , and there is no hope ...
... witness to a falsehood at any time is a grievous sin , and what shall he hope for at the Tribunal Day of Judgment ? But to call God to witness to a falsehood at the time of Death is far more grievous and impious , and there is no hope ...
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