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The very fact that , except for Cobham , there was no 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 ...
The very fact that , except for Cobham , there was no 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 ...
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He had lost his most important 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 .
He had lost his most important 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 .
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But this I say , for a man to call God to 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 ...
But this I say , for a man to call God to 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 ...
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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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