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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Page xvii
Foreigners distinguished for learning , or arts , who came to England , did not
leave it without visiting him . • In the first edition of the “ Biographia Britannica , ” in
folio , Dr . Campbell has given a long article relating to this gentleman . Dr .
Hunter ...
Foreigners distinguished for learning , or arts , who came to England , did not
leave it without visiting him . • In the first edition of the “ Biographia Britannica , ” in
folio , Dr . Campbell has given a long article relating to this gentleman . Dr .
Hunter ...
Page xxi
... camp on the 2nd , and left it on the 8th of August , 1641 . It is certain , however ,
that during these six days he took his turn on duty , and trailed a pike . - See Diary
, v . i . p . 21 . leave to travel . Of these travels , and the INTRODUCTION . xxi.
... camp on the 2nd , and left it on the 8th of August , 1641 . It is certain , however ,
that during these six days he took his turn on duty , and trailed a pike . - See Diary
, v . i . p . 21 . leave to travel . Of these travels , and the INTRODUCTION . xxi.
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leave to travel . Of these travels , and the observations he made therein , an
ample account is given in this Diary . The national troubles coming on before he
had engaged in any settled plan for his future life , it appears that he had
thoughts of ...
leave to travel . Of these travels , and the observations he made therein , an
ample account is given in this Diary . The national troubles coming on before he
had engaged in any settled plan for his future life , it appears that he had
thoughts of ...
Page xxvi
This , on some cccasions , he refused to do , particularly to a license to Dr .
Obadiah Walker to print Popish books : : and on other occasions he absented
himself , leaving it to his brotherCommissioners to act as they thought fit . Such ,
however ...
This , on some cccasions , he refused to do , particularly to a license to Dr .
Obadiah Walker to print Popish books : : and on other occasions he absented
himself , leaving it to his brotherCommissioners to act as they thought fit . Such ,
however ...
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... put on Immortality , leaving her name as a monument of her perfections , and
her Perfections as a precedent for imitation . Of her great worth to know , who
seeketh more , Must mount to Heaven , where she is gone before , On a white
marble ...
... put on Immortality , leaving her name as a monument of her perfections , and
her Perfections as a precedent for imitation . Of her great worth to know , who
seeketh more , Must mount to Heaven , where she is gone before , On a white
marble ...
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