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London was barricaded for a fortnight . Two years later , when Essex's life had finally gone down in ruins , his lieutenant Sir Christopher Blount on the scaffold confessed to Ralegh that there had been plans considered to bring forces ...
London was barricaded for a fortnight . Two years later , when Essex's life had finally gone down in ruins , his lieutenant Sir Christopher Blount on the scaffold confessed to Ralegh that there had been plans considered to bring forces ...
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He reported that the news of the order to repair to London wrung out of Ralegh the exclamation : “ God's wounds ! Is it possible that my fortune should thus return upon me again ? ” And that , as they rode by Sherborne , he said “ All ...
He reported that the news of the order to repair to London wrung out of Ralegh the exclamation : “ God's wounds ! Is it possible that my fortune should thus return upon me again ? ” And that , as they rode by Sherborne , he said “ All ...
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French Embassy in London . La Chesnée told him that his master , the Resident " Le Clerc , wished to see him . The Government discovered this visit , and laid a snare , hoping that Ralegh might be beguiled into something that might be ...
French Embassy in London . La Chesnée told him that his master , the Resident " Le Clerc , wished to see him . The Government discovered this visit , and laid a snare , hoping that Ralegh might be beguiled into something that might be ...
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| Title | Sir Walter Ralegh, Last of the Elizabethans |
| Author | Edward John Thompson |
| Publisher | Yale University Press, 1936 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 27 Jul 2010 |
| Length | 416 pages |
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