Sir Walter Ralegh, Last of the Elizabethans |
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Page 85
He has left on record in enough places his opinion of Grenville's kind of courage — that it is superb and splendid ( of course ) and all that , but nevertheless rather silly . He puts it on record here , with the gentlest of strictures ...
He has left on record in enough places his opinion of Grenville's kind of courage — that it is superb and splendid ( of course ) and all that , but nevertheless rather silly . He puts it on record here , with the gentlest of strictures ...
Page 151
Eight days later a fleet was being put in readiness — against possible Spanish attacks , of course . But a common belief was that it was against an attack Essex was planning from Ireland . Ralegh and Lord Thomas Howard , the Vice ...
Eight days later a fleet was being put in readiness — against possible Spanish attacks , of course . But a common belief was that it was against an attack Essex was planning from Ireland . Ralegh and Lord Thomas Howard , the Vice ...
Page 321
He of course knew all about the tobacco traffic , and in his too expansive talking on the way out , told some of his captains that he knew where they could get a store of tobacco that would enrich them . Tobacco was practically all that ...
He of course knew all about the tobacco traffic , and in his too expansive talking on the way out , told some of his captains that he knew where they could get a store of tobacco that would enrich them . Tobacco was practically all that ...
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