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He would dash back to rescue a wounded follower alone in a mob of enemies ; he would , by a mixture of sharp practice and courage , capture a suspected chieftain in his own castle ; he would hold a ford single - handed .
He would dash back to rescue a wounded follower alone in a mob of enemies ; he would , by a mixture of sharp practice and courage , capture a suspected chieftain in his own castle ; he would hold a ford single - handed .
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Expectation was that the enemy would go north to Denmark , refit and rest there , and return ; and Ralegh urged the Queen ... The English rejoiced , foreseeing " perpetual diffidence ” between their enemies , “ as long as this memory ...
Expectation was that the enemy would go north to Denmark , refit and rest there , and return ; and Ralegh urged the Queen ... The English rejoiced , foreseeing " perpetual diffidence ” between their enemies , “ as long as this memory ...
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CHAPTER XXV The Lords of the Council To sacrifice to a concealed enemy of England the life of the only man in the nation who had a ... R ALEGH'S attempt to escape , like his shamming sickness at Salisbury , gave his enemies a handle .
CHAPTER XXV The Lords of the Council To sacrifice to a concealed enemy of England the life of the only man in the nation who had a ... R ALEGH'S attempt to escape , like his shamming sickness at Salisbury , gave his enemies a handle .
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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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