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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He procured Mr . Howard ' s library to be given to them ; and by his influence , in
1667 , the Arundelian Marbles were obtained for the University of Oxford . His first
appointment to a public office was in 1662 , as a Commissioner for reforming ...
He procured Mr . Howard ' s library to be given to them ; and by his influence , in
1667 , the Arundelian Marbles were obtained for the University of Oxford . His first
appointment to a public office was in 1662 , as a Commissioner for reforming ...
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He was one of the first promoters of the Royal Society ; a patron of the ingenious
and the indigent ; and peculiarly serviceable to the lettered world ; for , besides
his writings and discoveries , he obtained the Arundelian Marbles for the ...
He was one of the first promoters of the Royal Society ; a patron of the ingenious
and the indigent ; and peculiarly serviceable to the lettered world ; for , besides
his writings and discoveries , he obtained the Arundelian Marbles for the ...
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The Senate - house hath a very stately portico , supported with choice columns of
black marble , as I remember , of one entire stone . Within , there hangs a weighty
vessel of wood , not unlike a butter - churn , which the adventurous woman ...
The Senate - house hath a very stately portico , supported with choice columns of
black marble , as I remember , of one entire stone . Within , there hangs a weighty
vessel of wood , not unlike a butter - churn , which the adventurous woman ...
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Prodigious it is to consider the multitude of vessels which continually ride before
this City , which is certainly the most busy concourse of mortals now upon the
whole earth . and the most addicted to commerce . " marble , - the west is a new ...
Prodigious it is to consider the multitude of vessels which continually ride before
this City , which is certainly the most busy concourse of mortals now upon the
whole earth . and the most addicted to commerce . " marble , - the west is a new ...
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... sumptuous and magnificent ; a glorious fabric without and within , wholly
incrusted with marble , inlaid and polished into divers · DIARY OF ANTWERP.
... sumptuous and magnificent ; a glorious fabric without and within , wholly
incrusted with marble , inlaid and polished into divers · DIARY OF ANTWERP.
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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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