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She had been brought to bed the 2nd of June before , but the infant died soon
after her , the 24th of December . I was therefore sent for home the second time ,
to celebrate the obsequies of my sister ; who was interred in a very honourable ...
She had been brought to bed the 2nd of June before , but the infant died soon
after her , the 24th of December . I was therefore sent for home the second time ,
to celebrate the obsequies of my sister ; who was interred in a very honourable ...
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On the 24th May , I returned to Wotton ; and , on the 28th of June , I went to
London with my sister Jane , and the day after sat to one Vanderborcht for my
picture in oil , at Arundel - house , whose servant that excellent painter was ,
brought out ...
On the 24th May , I returned to Wotton ; and , on the 28th of June , I went to
London with my sister Jane , and the day after sat to one Vanderborcht for my
picture in oil , at Arundel - house , whose servant that excellent painter was ,
brought out ...
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gon , which that night , late as it was , brought us to Haerlem . About seven in the
morning after I came to Amsterdam , where being provided with a lodging , the
first thing I went to see was a Synagogue of the Jews ( being Saturday ) , whose ...
gon , which that night , late as it was , brought us to Haerlem . About seven in the
morning after I came to Amsterdam , where being provided with a lodging , the
first thing I went to see was a Synagogue of the Jews ( being Saturday ) , whose ...
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The girls are so well brought up to housewifery , that men of good worth , who
seek that chiefly in a woman , frequently take their wives from this hospital .
Thence to the Rasphouse , where the lusty knaves are compelled to work ; and
the ...
The girls are so well brought up to housewifery , that men of good worth , who
seek that chiefly in a woman , frequently take their wives from this hospital .
Thence to the Rasphouse , where the lusty knaves are compelled to work ; and
the ...
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There hang in the steeple , which is very high , two silver bells , said to have bean
brought from Damietta , in Egypt , by an earl of Holland , in memory of whose
success they are rung out every evening . In the nave , hang the goodliest ...
There hang in the steeple , which is very high , two silver bells , said to have bean
brought from Damietta , in Egypt , by an earl of Holland , in memory of whose
success they are rung out every evening . In the nave , hang the goodliest ...
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| Title | 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 Bohn's historical library 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, William Bray |
| Author | John Evelyn |
| Editor | William Bray |
| Publisher | G. Bell, 1889 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Apr 2008 |
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