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 1G. Bell, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... French , Italian , and Spanish languages . That he had read a great deal is manifest ; but at what time he found opportunities for study , it is not easy to say . He acknowledges himself to have been idle , while at Oxford ; and , when ...
... French , Italian , and Spanish languages . That he had read a great deal is manifest ; but at what time he found opportunities for study , it is not easy to say . He acknowledges himself to have been idle , while at Oxford ; and , when ...
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... French artist , Nanteuil , in 1650 . So many particulars of Mr. Evelyn have been given in the " Biographia Britannica , " and in Mr. Chalmers's valuable memoir in the “ Biographical Dictionary , " that it is un- necessary to repeat them ...
... French artist , Nanteuil , in 1650 . So many particulars of Mr. Evelyn have been given in the " Biographia Britannica , " and in Mr. Chalmers's valuable memoir in the “ Biographical Dictionary , " that it is un- necessary to repeat them ...
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... French , the His- tory of the Grand Viziers Mahomet and Achmet Coprogli . There are several poems of his , of which some are printed in " Dryden's Miscellanies , " and more in " Nicol's Collection of Poems . " In December , 1688 , he ...
... French , the His- tory of the Grand Viziers Mahomet and Achmet Coprogli . There are several poems of his , of which some are printed in " Dryden's Miscellanies , " and more in " Nicol's Collection of Poems . " In December , 1688 , he ...
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... French - Kings LEWES XIII . and LEWES XIV . from the years 1641 ( the beginning of our un - natural civile - warr ) untill the happy Restauration of K. Cha . y II 1660 ; deceased XII Feb. Ao . 1682-3 aged 78 y " ; and ( according to ...
... French - Kings LEWES XIII . and LEWES XIV . from the years 1641 ( the beginning of our un - natural civile - warr ) untill the happy Restauration of K. Cha . y II 1660 ; deceased XII Feb. Ao . 1682-3 aged 78 y " ; and ( according to ...
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... French and Dutch . There is a full account of the siege in the great work of Aitzema , a man who with extraordinary patience com piled materials for the history of the United Provinces , during the greater part of the seventeenth ...
... French and Dutch . There is a full account of the siege in the great work of Aitzema , a man who with extraordinary patience com piled materials for the history of the United Provinces , during the greater part of the seventeenth ...
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