Sir Walter Ralegh: The Last of the ElizabethansMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1935 - 387 pages |
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Page 79
... written in answer to detractors who alleged that the English had shown coward- ice : first , in the fleeing of five vessels , and next , in being beaten at all . The Spaniards had published great reports of their victory , which was ...
... written in answer to detractors who alleged that the English had shown coward- ice : first , in the fleeing of five vessels , and next , in being beaten at all . The Spaniards had published great reports of their victory , which was ...
Page 84
... written from her imprisonment ( ' Never were written more charming letters ' than hers , in more unembarrassed phonetic spelling ' 2 ) , has been discovered , which with dignity protests against his misrepresentation . It is signed ...
... written from her imprisonment ( ' Never were written more charming letters ' than hers , in more unembarrassed phonetic spelling ' 2 ) , has been discovered , which with dignity protests against his misrepresentation . It is signed ...
Page 142
... written in direct reply to a request for advice . It is no objection to this theory that we do not possess Cecil's request ; it is implied in the opening of Ralegh's letter , and the man never lived who covered up his own tracks more ...
... written in direct reply to a request for advice . It is no objection to this theory that we do not possess Cecil's request ; it is implied in the opening of Ralegh's letter , and the man never lived who covered up his own tracks more ...
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