Sir Walter Ralegh: The Last of the ElizabethansMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1935 - 387 pages |
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Page 46
... took a pipe of tobacco , which made the ladies quit it till he had done . ' ' Another story tells how he won a bet from Elizabeth . Urging the merits of his beloved vice , he bragged that he understood tobacco so well that he could even ...
... took a pipe of tobacco , which made the ladies quit it till he had done . ' ' Another story tells how he won a bet from Elizabeth . Urging the merits of his beloved vice , he bragged that he understood tobacco so well that he could even ...
Page 84
... took it as a jest , gaily noting that both sinners ' will dwell in the Tower a while ' . But now , in 1592 , he wisely took his cue from the Queen , whose wrath burned against Ralegh as it never burned against men who had made a lesser ...
... took it as a jest , gaily noting that both sinners ' will dwell in the Tower a while ' . But now , in 1592 , he wisely took his cue from the Queen , whose wrath burned against Ralegh as it never burned against men who had made a lesser ...
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... took into Spain three weeks before Ralegh's execution . He was a student of men also , commenting blandly on the Englishmen he met , and on the King in particular , tell- ing his own master that the latter's vanity was so colossal that ...
... took into Spain three weeks before Ralegh's execution . He was a student of men also , commenting blandly on the Englishmen he met , and on the King in particular , tell- ing his own master that the latter's vanity was so colossal that ...
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