. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . 1532.—Interior of the Beauchamp Tower. 3533.—Sir Waiter Raleigh in the Tower No. 54.—Vol. IT. 1534.—Hayes Farm, Devonshire, Birthplace of Sir Walter Raleigh. 42 OLD ENGLAND ! Hook V •-. inspired in other countries : the crown of Poland was offered to him,and—which may be taken as a proof, probably, that Sidney wassuperior even to the common weakness of great men, ambition-was, according to Fuller, declined; though other accounts make itppear probable that Elizabeth opposed
. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . 1532.—Interior of the Beauchamp Tower. 3533.—Sir Waiter Raleigh in the Tower No. 54.—Vol. IT. 1534.—Hayes Farm, Devonshire, Birthplace of Sir Walter Raleigh. 42 OLD ENGLAND ! Hook V •-. inspired in other countries : the crown of Poland was offered to him,and—which may be taken as a proof, probably, that Sidney wassuperior even to the common weakness of great men, ambition-was, according to Fuller, declined; though other accounts make itppear probable that Elizabeth opposed his accenting it. It is alijnful relief, in wading through the crime, misery, and pettinessesoi [jersonal ambition, that form so large a portion of past history, torht upon an episode so fresh and beautiful as that of the life anddeath of this admirable character, whose name is as a magic talismanto call up the recollection of all kinds of noble and graceful ; Sir Philip was the jewel of Elizabeths dominions, so is theSidney family the jewel of the English aristocracy. Of AlgernonSidney, Wordsworths later Sidney, the eminent martyr-pa
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