nobler-natured

Updated: May 16, 2025

Hooker, in his epistle dedicatory of his Irish History, strikes the same note, and a right noble one it is. 'These Spaniards are trying to build up a world-tyranny by rapine and cruelty. You, sir, call on us to deliver the earth from them, by doing justly and loving mercy; and we will obey you! is the answer which Raleigh receives, as far as I can find, from every nobler-natured Englishman.

Charles Kingsley - Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time