Records of Noble Lives: A Book of Notable English BiographiesT. Nelson and Sons, 1869 - 341 páginas |
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... despatched his youthful son to school at Shrewsbury . While study- ing there , he received an admirable letter of counsel from his careful father . " Let your first action , " he wrote , " be the lifting up of your mind to Almighty God ...
... despatched his youthful son to school at Shrewsbury . While study- ing there , he received an admirable letter of counsel from his careful father . " Let your first action , " he wrote , " be the lifting up of your mind to Almighty God ...
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... despatched on a special mission to conclude a treaty of alliance with the King of France . Having arrived at Paris , he immediately received the favourable countenance of Walsingham , the English am- bassador , and was appointed by ...
... despatched on a special mission to conclude a treaty of alliance with the King of France . Having arrived at Paris , he immediately received the favourable countenance of Walsingham , the English am- bassador , and was appointed by ...
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... despatched him as ambassador to congratulate the Emperor Rodolph on his accession to the imperial throne . At the same time , he received secret instructions to observe , with attentive scrutiny , the relations that sub- sisted between ...
... despatched him as ambassador to congratulate the Emperor Rodolph on his accession to the imperial throne . At the same time , he received secret instructions to observe , with attentive scrutiny , the relations that sub- sisted between ...
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... despatched by Elizabeth to the assistance of the Dutch in their revolt against the oppressions of Spain . Between uncle and nephew an active corre- spondence soon arose , in which the latter did not hesitate to denounce the ...
... despatched by Elizabeth to the assistance of the Dutch in their revolt against the oppressions of Spain . Between uncle and nephew an active corre- spondence soon arose , in which the latter did not hesitate to denounce the ...
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... despatched thither a large convoy of stores and provi- sions . Sir William Stanley , with 300 pikemen , and Sir John Morris , with 200 horse , were ordered to intercept it ; and these were joined , without Leicester's knowledge , by ...
... despatched thither a large convoy of stores and provi- sions . Sir William Stanley , with 300 pikemen , and Sir John Morris , with 200 horse , were ordered to intercept it ; and these were joined , without Leicester's knowledge , by ...
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