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 1 |
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A NEW EDITION , IN FOUR VOLUMES , CORRECTED . BEVISED , AND
ENLARAED . VOL . I . LONDON : GEORGE BELL AND SONS , YORK STREET ,
COVENT GARDEN . 1889 . HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 46 * 254
LONDON ...
A NEW EDITION , IN FOUR VOLUMES , CORRECTED . BEVISED , AND
ENLARAED . VOL . I . LONDON : GEORGE BELL AND SONS , YORK STREET ,
COVENT GARDEN . 1889 . HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 46 * 254
LONDON ...
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Nor does it notice his having set out , with intent to join King Charles I . at
Brentford ; and subsequently desisting when the result of that battle became
known , on the ground that his brother ' s as well as his own estates were so near
London as ...
Nor does it notice his having set out , with intent to join King Charles I . at
Brentford ; and subsequently desisting when the result of that battle became
known , on the ground that his brother ' s as well as his own estates were so near
London as ...
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His first appointment to a public office was in 1662 , as a Commissioner for
reforming the buildings , ways , streets , and incumbrances , and regulating
hackney . coaches in London . In the same year , he sat as a Commissioner ...
His first appointment to a public office was in 1662 , as a Commissioner for
reforming the buildings , ways , streets , and incumbrances , and regulating
hackney . coaches in London . In the same year , he sat as a Commissioner ...
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of his life , with the exception of occasional visits to London , where he retained a
house . In the great storm of 1703 , he mentions in his last Edition of the “ Sylva , "
above 1000 trees were blown down in sight of his residence . He died at his ...
of his life , with the exception of occasional visits to London , where he retained a
house . In the great storm of 1703 , he mentions in his last Edition of the “ Sylva , "
above 1000 trees were blown down in sight of his residence . He died at his ...
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... of the London Institution . This lady by her will returned the estate to the family ,
devising it to John Evelyn , Esq . , descended from George Evelyn , the purchaser
of the estate in 1579 . The following are epitaphs to the memory of the writer of ...
... of the London Institution . This lady by her will returned the estate to the family ,
devising it to John Evelyn , Esq . , descended from George Evelyn , the purchaser
of the estate in 1579 . The following are epitaphs to the memory of the writer of ...
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