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This scheme is given at length in the “ Biographia , ” and in Dr . Hunter ' s edition
of the “ Sylva ” in 1776 ; but it may be observed that he proposes it should not be
more than twenty - five miles from London . As to his answer to Sir George ...
This scheme is given at length in the “ Biographia , ” and in Dr . Hunter ' s edition
of the “ Sylva ” in 1776 ; but it may be observed that he proposes it should not be
more than twenty - five miles from London . As to his answer to Sir George ...
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The distance from London little more than twenty miles , and yet so securely
placed , as if it were one hundred ; three miles from Dorking , which serves it
abundantly with provision as well of land as sea ; six from Guildford , twelve from
...
The distance from London little more than twenty miles , and yet so securely
placed , as if it were one hundred ; three miles from Dorking , which serves it
abundantly with provision as well of land as sea ; six from Guildford , twelve from
...
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... I took waggon this afternoon to Rotterdam , whither we were hurried in less
than an hour , though it be ten miles distant ; so furiously do those Foremen drive
. I went first to visit the great church , the Doole , the Bourse , and the public statue
...
... I took waggon this afternoon to Rotterdam , whither we were hurried in less
than an hour , though it be ten miles distant ; so furiously do those Foremen drive
. I went first to visit the great church , the Doole , the Bourse , and the public statue
...
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The 28th July I went to Leyden ; and the 29th to Utrecht , being thirty English
miles distant ( as they reckon by hours ) . It was now Kermas , or a fair , in this
town , the streets swarming with boors and rudeness , so that early the next
morning ...
The 28th July I went to Leyden ; and the 29th to Utrecht , being thirty English
miles distant ( as they reckon by hours ) . It was now Kermas , or a fair , in this
town , the streets swarming with boors and rudeness , so that early the next
morning ...
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At another shop , I furnished myself with some shells and Indian curiosities ; and
so , towards the end of August , I returned again to Haerlem by the river , ten
miles in length , straight as a line , and of competent breadth for ships to sail by
one ...
At another shop , I furnished myself with some shells and Indian curiosities ; and
so , towards the end of August , I returned again to Haerlem by the river , ten
miles in length , straight as a line , and of competent breadth for ships to sail by
one ...
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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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