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In The Tempest , therefore , he sneers at those who bring Indians for London to gape at ; ' and at promoters of wild enterprises , with their yarns of mountaineers Dewlapped like bulls , whose throats had hanging at them Wallets of ...
In The Tempest , therefore , he sneers at those who bring Indians for London to gape at ; ' and at promoters of wild enterprises , with their yarns of mountaineers Dewlapped like bulls , whose throats had hanging at them Wallets of ...
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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 back to Milford Haven , and thence march ...
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 back to Milford Haven , and thence march ...
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He could not both pay and sail ; and he was playing for far higher stakes than mere safety - for the chance to bring himself and his abilities back into the main stream of national life . Also , he was misled .
He could not both pay and sail ; and he was playing for far higher stakes than mere safety - for the chance to bring himself and his abilities back into the main stream of national life . Also , he was misled .
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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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