Fifty Celebrated Men: Their Lives and Trials, and the Deeds that Made Them FamousWard, Lock and Tyler, 1862 - 311 pages |
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... success . Indians from the New World , marched in two ranks , with rings of gold on their legs , and crowns of ... successes made him * To Castille and Leon Columbus gave a new world . many foes . He had found a new Continent , 6 MEN OF ...
... success . Indians from the New World , marched in two ranks , with rings of gold on their legs , and crowns of ... successes made him * To Castille and Leon Columbus gave a new world . many foes . He had found a new Continent , 6 MEN OF ...
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... success ; but on his return , instead of bringing riches with him , he brought nothing but flattering descriptions of the wealth in store . He pictured the country and climate in glowing colours : as for its riches , ” he said , " the ...
... success ; but on his return , instead of bringing riches with him , he brought nothing but flattering descriptions of the wealth in store . He pictured the country and climate in glowing colours : as for its riches , ” he said , " the ...
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... successes of other naviga- tors , the narrow seas which Drake had been accustomed to traverse appeared far too limited to satisfy his сара- cious and aspiring mind . Captain John Hawkins , his kinsman , advised him to sell his bark ...
... successes of other naviga- tors , the narrow seas which Drake had been accustomed to traverse appeared far too limited to satisfy his сара- cious and aspiring mind . Captain John Hawkins , his kinsman , advised him to sell his bark ...
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... success , and the very mint house of the world , to London Shakspeare came , to begin his career of renown , driven into greatness by the deer - stalk- ing prosecution of the Warwickshire squire . " The English drama was at that time in ...
... success , and the very mint house of the world , to London Shakspeare came , to begin his career of renown , driven into greatness by the deer - stalk- ing prosecution of the Warwickshire squire . " The English drama was at that time in ...
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... success which at- tended his labours in this respect , he gradually became a dramatic author on his own account . He also appeared as a writer of miscellaneous poetry , and found pastime for Lord Southampton , the Earl of Montgomery ...
... success which at- tended his labours in this respect , he gradually became a dramatic author on his own account . He also appeared as a writer of miscellaneous poetry , and found pastime for Lord Southampton , the Earl of Montgomery ...
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