Great Events
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共 37 段- To Drake, greatest of all these wild adventurers, was it lef
- The age of Elizabeth was preëminently distinguished by the o
- The principles which formed society were precisely such as w
- The cause of the Congregation now appeared to be triumphant,
- If there were these apprehensions from enemies, there was li
- In like manner, the troublous times in which Mary Stuart was
- These personal merits and this political necessity were the
- His force consisted, at starting, of eleven sail of vessels,
- The warlike preparations of Philip against the Porte, as wel
- With the Counts of Nassau and Brederode at their head, and f
- The Greek fishermen, in reporting to each leader the conditi
- On the left wing of the Christian fleet, the battle, which h
- Shortly after midnight the Queen-mother rose and went to the
- About seven o'clock the King was at one of the windows of hi
- The war was continued during the winter (1572-1573). In Dece
- He prepared two small barks of twenty and five-and-twenty to
- But even such mighty protection could not entirely shield th
- As long as The Theatre stood close beside it, the two compan
- Some time passed without news of Kutchum, and the Cossack le
- The enterprise of Sir Humphrey Gilbert was worthy of a heroi
- The 27. day of April, in the year of our redemption 1584, we
- Thus, sir, we have acquainted you with the particulars of ou
- By October 8th he was out in the Bayona road again, waiting
- A scene of terror and confusion followed. Every ship in the
- The hardihood and spirit which the Aragonese, the Castilians
- We have more minute information of the number and equipment
- [5] Strype, and the notes to the Life of Drake, in the _Biog
- The King, upon this occasion, put all the friends of the Cou
- Then Hamlet's powerful intellect not only enables him to rec
- The times just then might have been regarded as peculiarly f
- On the same day, the 7th, something was definitely heard of
- [9] Cervantes is supposed to reflect on this meddlesome eccl
- Whether this was the case or not, it is argued that the earl
- Selecting for the scene of operations the beautiful belt of
- On their return to Jamestown they found that, during their a
- The battle with the Iroquois took place on July 30, 1609, so
- Having contrived to sustain a precarious existence up to the