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In matter of intelligence Cobham is commended as most secret ; in matter of action Rawlie blazed as most sufficient . Cobham in discoursing hath holden a kind of privilege to vent his passions ; Rawly , to temporize .
In matter of intelligence Cobham is commended as most secret ; in matter of action Rawlie blazed as most sufficient . Cobham in discoursing hath holden a kind of privilege to vent his passions ; Rawly , to temporize .
Page 265
It is sixteen years since they both saw Guiana , and the country is a tropical jungle - as he reminds the Privy Council in another letter , it is a difficult matter of exceeding difficulty ...
It is sixteen years since they both saw Guiana , and the country is a tropical jungle - as he reminds the Privy Council in another letter , it is a difficult matter of exceeding difficulty ...
Page 375
I should give him leave , he said , to stand upon his innocency in the fact ; and he thought , both the King , and all that heard his answers , thought verily he was innocent for that matter . It was getting too puzzling for Dr. Tounson ...
I should give him leave , he said , to stand upon his innocency in the fact ; and he thought , both the King , and all that heard his answers , thought verily he was innocent for that matter . It was getting too puzzling for Dr. Tounson ...
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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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