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persons in place of honour and command , to beware of the violences of nature , and especially the exorbitance of the tongue . As President of Munster ( 1570-1573 ) Perrot was adequately ( but not outstandingly ) successful by ...
persons in place of honour and command , to beware of the violences of nature , and especially the exorbitance of the tongue . As President of Munster ( 1570-1573 ) Perrot was adequately ( but not outstandingly ) successful by ...
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He never reached the Privy Council , and until his last most miserable voyage of all — that resulting in his execution — was never in the place of first command . And his unpopularity was intense , and grew steadily , an evil name with ...
He never reached the Privy Council , and until his last most miserable voyage of all — that resulting in his execution — was never in the place of first command . And his unpopularity was intense , and grew steadily , an evil name with ...
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Hume , on the other hand , points out that “ Not the slightest reference to his presence appears in any of the official correspondence , ' and in any case he had no command and cannot have taken an active part .
Hume , on the other hand , points out that “ Not the slightest reference to his presence appears in any of the official correspondence , ' and in any case he had no command and cannot have taken an active part .
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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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