Fifty Celebrated Men: Their Lives and Trials, and the Deeds that Made Them FamousWard, Lock and Tyler, 1862 - 311 pages |
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... mind . He was struck by the good sense of the poor stranger , and recommended him to the king . You must know that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were then reigning in Spain , and that Spain was a colossal power , boasting to be the ...
... mind . He was struck by the good sense of the poor stranger , and recommended him to the king . You must know that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were then reigning in Spain , and that Spain was a colossal power , boasting to be the ...
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... mind how to act : he would betray the con- fidence of the monarch , seize him as the vassal of Spain , and make him bleed gold freely . Saturday the 16th of November , 1532 , was a bright and beautiful day . The shrill trumpet called ...
... mind how to act : he would betray the con- fidence of the monarch , seize him as the vassal of Spain , and make him bleed gold freely . Saturday the 16th of November , 1532 , was a bright and beautiful day . The shrill trumpet called ...
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... mind : that he is not worthy to live at all that , for fear or danger of death , shunneth his country's service and his own honour , seeing that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue immortal , wherefore in this behalf mutare vel ...
... mind : that he is not worthy to live at all that , for fear or danger of death , shunneth his country's service and his own honour , seeing that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue immortal , wherefore in this behalf mutare vel ...
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... minds , that our English adventurers were full of kindness , wisdom , gentleness ; that they bear untainted names , and that they made England as famous in the Indian seas , as Spain was infamous . Sir Walter Raleigh was born at Budley ...
... minds , that our English adventurers were full of kindness , wisdom , gentleness ; that they bear untainted names , and that they made England as famous in the Indian seas , as Spain was infamous . Sir Walter Raleigh was born at Budley ...
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... mind . Captain John Hawkins , his kinsman , advised him to sell his bark , and venture on an expedition to the West Indies . The advice was adopted , but the result proved disastrous . But the ambition of Drake once aroused was not ...
... mind . Captain John Hawkins , his kinsman , advised him to sell his bark , and venture on an expedition to the West Indies . The advice was adopted , but the result proved disastrous . But the ambition of Drake once aroused was not ...
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