Great Ralegh

Ralegh's influence with Queen and Prince Henry--Death of Robert Cecil--Rise of Villiers--Liberty--The undying endeavour--Anecdote--Preparations for expedition--Delays and uncert...

Slowly King James moved on his royal progress to London to the acclamation of the people of all the towns through which he passed. "The Council of State and the Nobility, no dou...

Court life--The Queen's position--Her character--She takes notice of Ralegh--Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester--Sir Philip Sidney--Burghley, the Lord High Treasurer, and Walsingh...

Ralegh leaves England--Arrives at Trinidad--Taking of S. Joseph--Interviews with Berreo--Dealings with natives-- Starts up the river in boats--Dangers overcome--Adventures-- The...

Gondomar, the Spanish ambassador, had been active during Ralegh's absence to work his complete overthrow, but Ralegh remained some weeks at Plymouth before he knew the exact nat...

Division of command--Ralegh's delay--Unwillingness of men to serve--Disputes--Ralegh's wise plan of action--The attack-- The sack--Ralegh wounded--His small share of spoil--Retu...

The position was one of acute interest. For Elizabeth had maintained her father's tradition that the sovereign reigned by divine right, and by her genius made the tradition cred...

Court life, for all its brilliance and excitement, did not monopolize Ralegh's attention. He had gained wealth and position: he was near the Queen. That did not suffice him. He...

Such things happened in actual life at the beginning of the seventeenth century. There was the same fantastic blending in life of melodrama and farce and poetry as was shown upo...

Ralegh returned to Court in 1591, bringing the greatest poet who had yet come to English literature with him. He was able after his respite to manage circumstances once more, ev...

So ended the worst and greatest day of Ralegh's life. The Lord Cecil was victorious. Ralegh was overthrown. But from despair so poignant that reason yielded to its sway and he w...

Ralegh returned from France in 1575 or 1576; and there are three years of his life--important years, from the age of twenty-three to twenty-six--which contain little or no recor...

The scene changes to Ireland, where the continual fighting served as a training-ground--with France and the Netherlands--for the energies of the young gentleman of the period. I...

With the fall of Fayal the naval war with Spain came to an end, for Philip II. died in the early autumn of the following year, 1598, which was the year of the great Lord Treasur...

Of Ralegh's early education little is known: it is uncertain whether he was taught at home, or went to one of the Grammar Schools which Stowe records with pride existed in nearl...

Life is a series of accidents more or less controlled; the play of circumstances upon character infinitely various and infinitely involved. Elizabethan life was superb for the r...

Indeed Ralegh's immense energy is typical of the time. _Do it with thy might_ could fitly have been the motto of the nation. Their capacity for hard work was unequalled. The Arm...

The Virginian enterprise did not engage all Ralegh's energy in affairs. Undoubtedly it was his greatest scheme. Its eventual results were of no less than world-wide importance,...

In 1588 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, died. His influence with the Queen had for some years been decreasing, and there is a report, which bears the likelihood of truth, that...

Court life--The Queen's position--Her character--She takes notice of Ralegh--Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester--Sir Philip Sidney--Burghley, the Lord High Treasurer, and Walsingh...

Ralegh leaves England--Arrives at Trinidad--Taking of S. Joseph--Interviews with Berreo--Dealings with natives-- Starts up the river in boats--Dangers overcome-- Adventures--The...

Ralegh's influence with Queen and Prince Henry--Death of Robert Cecil--Rise of Villiers--Liberty--The undying endeavour--Anecdote--Preparations for expedition--Delays and uncert...

Division of command--Ralegh's delay--Unwillingness of men to serve--Disputes--Ralegh's wise plan of action--The attack--The sack--Ralegh wounded--His small share of spoil--Retur...