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Something in him, his great height, his strength of body, his clear, meditative eyes, his brave laugh, reminded her of him -- her husband -- who, like Sir Humphrey Gilbert, had said that it mattered little where men did their duty, since God was always near to take or leave as it was His will.
Northern Lights, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Something in him, his great height, his strength of body, his clear, meditative eyes, his brave laugh, reminded her of him -- her husband -- who, like Sir Humphrey Gilbert, had said that it mattered little where men did their duty, since God was always near to take or leave as it was His will.
Northern Lights, Volume 3. Gilbert Parker 1897
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Something in him, his great height, his strength of body, his clear, meditative eyes, his brave laugh, reminded her of him -- her husband -- who, like Sir Humphrey Gilbert, had said that it mattered little where men did their duty, since God was always near to take or leave as it was His will.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gilbert about whom I have already told you, were half-broth-ers.
Fifty Famous Stories Retold James Baldwin 1883
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Also Sir Martin Frobisher, and Sir Humphrey Gilbert ranged towards the North.
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Howard, Davis, and Sir Humphrey Gilbert ” were the prototypes of the sailors of the nineteenth century.
Drake Nelson and Napoleon Runciman, Walter 1919
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