The Voyage of the DestinyHamilton, 1982 - 387 páginas Aboard the "Destiny" at the mouth of the Orinoco, Walter Ralegh, disgraced courtier, poet and lover of Elizabeth I, writes his confession in the shadow of the axe. Reviewing the excitement and despair of a great life, his autobiography becomes a voyage beyond past and present. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 60
Página 41
... doubt end their days on the gibbet at Cartagena . Those that remain - both soldiers and sailors – are villains just waiting for the right moment to cut their captains ' throats , unless their captains have made known to them their ...
... doubt end their days on the gibbet at Cartagena . Those that remain - both soldiers and sailors – are villains just waiting for the right moment to cut their captains ' throats , unless their captains have made known to them their ...
Página 80
... doubt if he hadn't been frightened off by the pestilential number of Spanish cannon - balls which came whizzing across the bay to interrupt his carving . We won the day , of course , and my leg mended , but it has been my most imperfect ...
... doubt if he hadn't been frightened off by the pestilential number of Spanish cannon - balls which came whizzing across the bay to interrupt his carving . We won the day , of course , and my leg mended , but it has been my most imperfect ...
Página 115
... doubt . And more sweat trickling down the hollowed - out cheeks . ' I remember my London , ' I told him . ' And a man gets used to doing without daylight in the Tower . ' I moved off again , walking fast despite my limp . Stukeley kept ...
... doubt . And more sweat trickling down the hollowed - out cheeks . ' I remember my London , ' I told him . ' And a man gets used to doing without daylight in the Tower . ' I moved off again , walking fast despite my limp . Stukeley kept ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
asked Bacon believe Ben Jonson Bess blood Burwick cabin called Captain Carew Chibcha Christoval course cousin Lewis coward damned dance dead death deck Destiny Dorado doubt dream Elizabeth England Essex eyes face father fool Francis Bacon gold golden Gondomar Guattaral Guiana hand hang head heard heart honour Indian Ireland Jonson Keymis khoka killed King James King's Kinsale knew Lake Guatavita laughed leaf London looked Lord Majesty Manourie matter miles never night nodded once Orinoco Palomeque perhaps Privy Queen Ralph Winwood remember Richard Head Robin sail Sam King San Thomé seemed ship shout Sir Lewis Stukeley Sir Walter Ralegh smiled soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish St Kitts stood tell things Thomas Stukeley thought Tiltyard told took Tower truth turned Villiers voyage wanted Warham St Leger Wat's wind Winwood word write
Referencias a este libro
Organizations as Theatre: A Social Psychology of Dramatic Appearances I. L. Mangham,Michael A. Overington Vista de fragmentos - 1987 |
Sir Walter Ralegh, an Annotated Bibliography Christopher M. Armitage Sin vista previa disponible - 1987 |