Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne, Volume 2G. Bell, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... never behold the like , who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame ! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames , the shrieking of women and children , the hurry of people , the fall of towers , houses , and ...
... never behold the like , who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame ! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames , the shrieking of women and children , the hurry of people , the fall of towers , houses , and ...
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... never to alter it , and to leave the French mode , which had hitherto obtained to our great ex- pense and reproach . Upon which , divers courtiers and gen- tlemen gave his Majesty gold by way of wager that he would not persist in this ...
... never to alter it , and to leave the French mode , which had hitherto obtained to our great ex- pense and reproach . Upon which , divers courtiers and gen- tlemen gave his Majesty gold by way of wager that he would not persist in this ...
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... never see more ; everybody was flying , none knew why or whither . Now , there were land - forces despatched with the Duke of Albemarle , Lord Middleton , ' Prince Rupert , and the Duke , to hinder the Dutch coming to Chatham ...
... never see more ; everybody was flying , none knew why or whither . Now , there were land - forces despatched with the Duke of Albemarle , Lord Middleton , ' Prince Rupert , and the Duke , to hinder the Dutch coming to Chatham ...
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... never to be wiped off ! Those who advised his Majesty to prepare no fleet this spring deserved - I know what - but- Here in the river off Chatham , just before the town , lay the carcase of the London ( now the third time burnt ) , the ...
... never to be wiped off ! Those who advised his Majesty to prepare no fleet this spring deserved - I know what - but- Here in the river off Chatham , just before the town , lay the carcase of the London ( now the third time burnt ) , the ...
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... never seen a richer coach than that which he came in to Whitehall . Standing by his Majesty at dinner in the pre sence , there was of that rare fruit called the King - pine , growing in Barbadoes and the West Indies ; the first of them ...
... never seen a richer coach than that which he came in to Whitehall . Standing by his Majesty at dinner in the pre sence , there was of that rare fruit called the King - pine , growing in Barbadoes and the West Indies ; the first of them ...
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